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If, however, thou, art taking the name of Jew, and resting thyself upon law, and boasting in God,

And art taking note of his will, and testing the things that differ - when receiving oral instruction out of the law,

Art persuaded, moreover, that, thou thyself, art - a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness,

A trainer of the simple, a teacher of babes, having the forming of knowledge and truth in the law, -

Thou, therefore, that art teaching someone else, thyself, art thou not teaching? Thou that proclaimest - Do not steal! Art thou, stealing?

That sayest - Do not commit adultery! Art thou, committing adultery? That abhorrest sacrilege, Art thou, robbing temples?

That in law dost boast, Through the transgression of the law, art thou dishonouring God?

For the name of God, because of you, is defamed among the nations, - even as it is written.