17
He lifts up the soul and gives light to the eyes; he grants healing, life, and blessing.
18
If one sacrifices from what has been wrongfully obtained, the offering is blemished; the gifts of the lawless are not acceptable.
19
The Most High is not pleased with the offerings of the ungodly; and he is not propitiated for sins by a multitude of sacrifices.
20
Like one who kills a son before his father's eyes is the man who offers a sacrifice from the property of the poor.
21
The bread of the needy is the life of the poor; whoever deprives them of it is a man of blood.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.