Malachi 1:6-8

Common English Bible

⁶ A son honors a father,
        and a servant honors his master.
But if I’m a father, where is my honor?
    Or if I’m a master, where is my respect?
says the Lord of heavenly forces
        to you priests who despise my name.
So you say, “How have we despised your name?”
⁷         By approaching my altar with polluted food.
But you say, “How have we polluted it^[a]?”
        When you say, “The table of the Lord can be despised.”
⁸ If you bring a blind animal to sacrifice, isn’t that evil?
If you bring a lame or sick one, isn’t that evil?
Would you bring it to your governor?
Would he be pleased with it or accept you?
says the Lord of heavenly forces.