²⁹ And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said unto Jesus, `And who is my neighbour?'

¹⁵ and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, `is' abomination before God;

²⁴ Ye see, then, that out of works is man declared righteous, and not out of faith only;

¹¹ and that in law no one is declared righteous with God, is evident, because `The righteous by faith shall live;'

³ for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.

² for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;

⁹ And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

¹⁰ `Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer;

¹¹ the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

³⁶ `Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?'

⁴³ `Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy;

⁴⁴ but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

² and burn doth the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job hath his anger burned, because of his justifying himself more than God;

³⁴ as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I `am' Jehovah your God.