¹² And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.

¹⁵ Then the Jews were surprised and said, How has this man got knowledge of books? He has never been to school.

¹⁶ Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

¹² To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.

¹³ For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.

¹⁸ And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

⁴ Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.

⁶ Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.