For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without adversity from generation to generation.

And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke within himself, saying, "This [Man], if He were a prophet, would know who and what sort of woman [this is] who touches Him, for she is a sinner."

They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them?

And they said, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

And you have said, What does the Mighty One know? Does He judge in the dark?

A cloud is His hiding place, and He shall not be seen; and He passes through the circle of heaven.

Because there is no contradiction made on the part of those who are quick to do evil, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully determined in them to do evil.

And He said to me, You have seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do, each one of them in their secret chamber; because they have said, The Lord does not see; the Lord has forsaken the earth.

Then He said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah has become exceedingly great: for the land is filled with many nations, and the city is filled with iniquity and uncleanness; because they have said, The Lord has forsaken the earth, The Lord looks not upon [it].