Two Sides To A Story. Part [7] 08/17/2025 (Evening thought)

Matthew 23: 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

The Lord continued to address the issues pertaining to justice in the New Testament, as Jesus sought to warn against the habit of exercising disparities in religious practice…. Isaiah 59:4 None calls for justice, nor any pleads for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:15 Yea, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. Thus, in the narrative under consideration the two women are to be granted due process just like any other, for there are basic rights that pertain to every human being, whoever they may be.

[2] Those who are first to bring accusations can very well be the ones at fault. This is not always the case, but you never know, hence the reason why Solomon has to listen carefully to both sides of the story. It is quite possible, though not conclusive, that the woman who speaks first in the narrative is the one at fault, for if you were to take a closer look at her testimony, there are some details there that should be given a second look. For instance, she says that she was sleeping when the other woman took her child.

1st Kings 3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I  and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!