But Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords!

Moreover, it shall eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who also leaves you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the increase of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish.

For the Lord has driven out great and strong nations from before you; and as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

Do not contend with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.

A poor yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction.

“Oh that you were like a brother to me
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.
If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
No one would despise me, either.

“Why was there no man when I came?
When I called, why was there none to answer?
Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water
And die of thirst.

So I will hurl you out of this land into the land which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will grant you no favor.’

and do not go after other gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will do you no harm.’

The punishment of your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion;
He will exile you no longer.
But He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom;
He will expose your sins!

Thus says the Lord,
“Though they are at full strength and likewise many,
Even so, they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no longer.

But he answered and said to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?

you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother;

Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;

I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;

“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials:

Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer.