Woe to them that write wickedness; for when they write, they write wickedness,

saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.

For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay [them] on men's shoulders; but they do not desire to move them with their finger.

For not even those who are circumcised keep the law themselves, but they wish you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

I have not chosen such a fast, says the Lord; but do you loose every burden of iniquity, do you untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account?