20 I charge these servants and these officers as parties to the crime.
21 I charge the people of Capernaum with cruelty and theft, because they heeded not the cries of poverty and want, and have withheld from helpless ones that which is theirs by every law of right;
22 And I appeal unto these people here, and ask, Are not my charges based on righteousness and truth?
23 And every man said, Yes.
24 The accusing woman blushed for shame; the judge shrank back in fear; the officers threw off the shackles from the man and ran away.
25 Then Jesus said, Give this man what he needs and let him go and feed his wife and little ones.
26 The people gave abundantly; the man went on his way.
27 And Jesus said, There is no standard law to judge of crime. The facts must all be stated e’er a judgment can be rendered in a case.
28 You men with hearts; go forth and stand where stood this man and answer me, What would you do?
29 The thief thinks every other man a thief and judges him accordingly.