³ He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.

³ Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

³⁰ But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

⁹ And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

¹⁰ Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.

¹¹ The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

¹² Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.

²⁴ Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.

²⁵ Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;

² For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,

³ And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;