55. And when a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be a scorcher’—and so it is.
56. Hypocrites! The surface of the earth and sky you know how to interpret yet you don’t know how to interpret this present time?
57. Why can’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
58. For while you are going with your accuser to the authorities, make an effort to come to a settlement with him—so he doesn’t drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer of the court, and the officer of the court throw you into prison.
59. I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid back the last little bit.”