Behold, I turn My back upon you, and I will scatter dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts, and I will carry you away at the same time.

Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: I said, Your house and the house of your father shall pass before Me forever: but now the Lord says, Far be it from Me; for I will only honor them that honor Me, and he that despises Me shall be despised.

The memory of the just is praised, but the name of the ungodly [man] is extinguished.

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame.

And the wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and [some] of the many righteous as the stars forever and ever.

therefore there shall be night to you instead of a vision, and there shall be to you darkness instead of prophecy; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be dark upon them.

And the seers of night visions shall be ashamed, and the prophets shall be laughed to scorn: and all the people shall speak against them, because there shall be none to listen to them.

And Micaiah said, If you ever return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.

And Jeremiah said to Hananiah, The Lord has not sent you; and you have caused this people to trust in unrighteousness.

Therefore thus said the Lord: Behold, I [will] cast you off from the face of the earth- this year you shall die!

[This translation omits this verse.]

And they shall make of them a curse in all the captivity of Judah in Babylon, saying, The Lord do to you as He did to Zedekiah, and as He did to Ahab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire;

And lo! The wall has fallen; and will they not say to you, Where is your plaster with which you plastered [it?]

And I will break down the wall which you have plastered, and it shall fall; and I will lay it on the ground, and its foundations shall be discovered, and it shall fall; and you shall be consumed with rebukes; and you shall know that I am the Lord.

even the prophets of Israel, who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see [visions of] peace for her, and there is no peace, says the Lord.

[thus] nullifying the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. And many similar things you do."

And having summoned all the crowd, He said to them, "Hear Me, all [of you] and understand:

And as all the people listened, He said to His disciples,

who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."

But you have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in [following] the law: you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord Almighty.

"You have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'You shall not kill,' and whoever kills will be liable to the judgment.

But I say to you that whoever gets angry with his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Empty-head!' will be liable to the council. But whoever says, ' fool!' will be liable to the fiery hell.

"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'

But I say to you, that whoever looks at a woman in order to lust after her has already committed adultery [with] her in his heart.

"Again you have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'You shall not swear falsely, but you shall pay your oaths to the Lord.'

nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

But let your word be 'Yes', 'yes,'; 'No,' 'no.' For whatever is more than these is from the evil [one].

So He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One, [that is], God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

He said to Him, "Which [ones]?" Jesus said, " 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,'

Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, is obligated.'

And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, is obligated.'

Therefore he that swears by the altar, swears by it and by all the things on it.

And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.

Blind guides, you who strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel!

"For having left the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other similar things you do."

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.'

then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

But woe to you Pharisees! Because you pay a tithe of mint and rue and every vegetable, and you pass over justice and the love of God. These things you ought to have done, without leaving the others [undone].

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known lust unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."

For I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.

You shall not have respect to persons in judgment, you shall judge small and great equally; you shall not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God's; and whatsoever matter shall be too hard for you, you shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.

But from those who seemed to be something--whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows partiality to no man--so to me, those with influence contributed nothing,