Then he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. Make preparations there.”

So he sent another slave. They beat this one too, treated him outrageously, and sent him away empty-handed.

Then he will reply from inside, ‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’

“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.