¹² Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, ^(A)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

⁹ Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and ^(A)the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, ^(B)‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and ^(C)the Lord does not see!’

^11 (A)Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

³⁹ Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, ^(A)“This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”

⁶ And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,