¹² And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God ^(A)and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

²⁶ But Hezekiah ^(A)humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

³ So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to ^(A)humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

⁵ Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. ^(A)Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for ^(B)“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

^6 (C)Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

^10 (A)Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For ^(A)everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Let the Children Come to Me

^15 (B)Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they ^(C)rebuked them.

¹⁶ And he ^(A)was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

¹⁷ “But ^(B)when he ^(C)came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! ¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, ^(D)I have sinned against ^(E)heaven and before you.

Destruction of the Wicked