All this the teachers of Israel might have learned from the sacred scrolls of which it was their pride to be the keepers and expounders. He not David written--David, who had fallen into deadly sin--"I have gone astray like a lost sheep, seek Thy servant"? Ps. 119:176. Had not Micah revealed God's love to the sinner, saying, "Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger forever, because He delighteth in mercy"? Micah 7:18.

Alt dette kunne Israels lærere have læst i de hellige bogruller som de roste sig af at eje og udlægge. Havde David ikke skrevet David, som havde begået så frygtelig en synd: "Farer jeg vild som det tabte får så opsøg din tjener" Havde Mika ikke åbenbaret Guds kærlighed til synderen ved at sige: "Hvo er en Gud som du, der tilgiver brøde, bærer over med synd hos din ejendoms rest, ej evigt gemmer på vrede, men gerne er nådig?"