10 The Roman law will not permit such travesty on right, and I demand that you permit this man to speak.
11 And then the judge recalled the man and said, If you have any tale to tell, say on.
12 In tears the man stood forth and said, I have a wife and little ones and they are perishing for bread, and I have told my story oft, and begged for bread; but none would hear.
13 This morning when I left our cheerless hut in search of work my children cried for bread, and I resolved to feed them or to die.
14 I took the bread, and I appeal to God, Was it a crime?
15 This woman snatched the loaf away and threw it to the dogs, and called the officers and I am here.
16 Good people, do with me whate’er you will, but save my wife and little ones from death.
17 Then Jesus said, Who is the culprit in this case?
18 I charge this woman as a felon in the sight of God.
19 I charge this judge as criminal before the bar of human rights.