³⁶ The Lord said to me: ^(A)“Son of man, ^(B)will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Declare to them their abominations.

² “And you, ^(A)son of man, ^(B)will you judge, will you judge ^(C)the bloody city? ^(D)Then declare to her all her abominations.

^4 (A)Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? ^(B)Let them know the abominations of their fathers,

^2 (A)“Son of man, ^(B)make known to Jerusalem her abominations,

True and False Fasting

² Or do you not know that ^(A)the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? ³ Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!

^51 (A)“You stiff-necked people, ^(B)uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. ^(C)As your fathers did, so do you. ^52 (D)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of ^(E)the Righteous One, ^(F)whom you have now betrayed and murdered, ⁵³ you who received the law ^(G)as delivered by angels and ^(H)did not keep it.”

³⁹ And the Lord said to him, ^(A)“Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of ^(B)greed and wickedness. ^40 (C)You fools! ^(D)Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? ⁴¹ But ^(E)give as alms those things that are within, and behold, ^(F)everything is clean for you.

^42 (G)“But woe to you Pharisees! For ^(H)you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect ^(I)justice and ^(J)the love of God. ^(K)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. ⁴³ Woe to you Pharisees! For ^(L)you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. ⁴⁴ Woe to you! ^(M)For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.”

⁴⁵ One of ^(N)the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.” ⁴⁶ And he said, “Woe to you ^(O)lawyers also! For ^(P)you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. ^47 (Q)Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. ^48 (R)So you are witnesses and you ^(S)consent to the deeds of ^(T)your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. ⁴⁹ Therefore also ^(U)the Wisdom of God said, ^(V)‘I will send them ^(W)prophets and apostles, ^(X)some of whom they will ^(Y)kill and persecute,’ ⁵⁰ so that ^(Z)the blood of all the prophets, shed ^(AA)from the foundation of the world, may be ^(AB)charged against this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of ^(AC)Abel to the blood of ^(AD)Zechariah, who perished between ^(AE)the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be ^(AF)required of this generation. ⁵² Woe to you ^(AG)lawyers! ^(AH)For you have taken away the key of ^(AI)knowledge. You ^(AJ)did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”