¹⁸ He replied, “I have not destroyed Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have abandoned the Lord’s commands^(A) and followed the Baals.^(B)

¹¹ Therefore, I rebuked the officials, saying, “Why has the house of God been neglected?”^(A) I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts.^(B)

¹⁵ At that time I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in stores of grain and loading them on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.^(A)

⁷ When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees^(A) coming to the place of his baptism,^[a] he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?^(B)

⁴ since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful^(A) for you to have her!”

¹¹ Don’t participate in the fruitless^(A) works of darkness, but instead expose them.