Show respect for widows who really are all alone.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should learn first to carry out their religious duties toward their own family and in this way repay their parents and grandparents, because that is what pleases God.

But if any do not take care of their relatives, especially the members of their own family, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.

But if any Christian woman has widows in her family, she must take care of them and not put the burden on the church, so that it may take care of the widows who are all alone.

LORD, it is time for you to act, because people are disobeying your law.

My anger burns in me like a fire, because my enemies disregard your commands.

How can you say that you are wise and that you know my laws? Look, the laws have been changed by dishonest scribes.

My people are doomed because they do not acknowledge me. You priests have refused to acknowledge me and have rejected my teaching, and so I reject you and will not acknowledge your sons as my priests.

It is the duty of priests to teach the true knowledge of God. People should go to them to learn my will, because they are the messengers of the LORD Almighty.

So I, in turn, will make the people of Israel despise you because you do not obey my will, and when you teach my people, you do not treat everyone alike."

In this way the teaching you pass on to others cancels out the word of God. And there are many other things like this that you do."

Does this mean that by this faith we do away with the Law? No, not at all; instead, we uphold the Law.