⁸ But you have turned aside from the way. ^(A)You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted ^(B)the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,

^29 (A)Remember them, O my God, because they have desecrated the priesthood ^(B)and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

⁵ My covenant with him was one of life and ^(A)peace, and I gave them to him. ^(B)It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name.

¹⁷ Thus the sin of the young men was very great ^(A)in the sight of the Lord, ^(B)for the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.

¹² Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from ^(A)the living God.

^21 (A)It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.^[a]

¹⁹ and if you are sure that you yourself are ^(A)a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, ²⁰ an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law ^(B)the embodiment of ^(C)knowledge and truth— ^21 (D)you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? ²² You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you ^(E)rob temples? ²³ You who ^(F)boast in the law ^(G)dishonor God by breaking the law. ²⁴ For, ^(H)as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed ^(I)among the Gentiles because of you.”