He said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;In a certain city<n id="2" /> there was a judge<n id="3" /> who neither feared God nor respected people.<n id="4" />

Just then<n id="1" /> some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man<n id="2" /> on a stretcher.<n id="3" /> They<n id="4" /> were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.<n id="5" />

What<n id="1" /> did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy<n id="2" /> clothes?<n id="3" /> Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury<n id="4" /> are in kings&#8217; courts!<n id="5" />

For<n id="1" /> a while he refused, but later on<n id="2" /> he said to himself, &#8216;Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,<n id="3" />

So<n id="1" /> the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They<n id="2" /> found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus&#8217; feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

and said to them, &#8220;You brought me this man as one who was misleading<n id="1" /> the people. When I examined him before you, I<n id="2" /> did not find this man guilty<n id="3" /> of anything you accused him of doing.