(ו) רַבִּי יוּדָן וְרַבִּי פִּנְחָס, רַבִּי יוּדָן אָמַר מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁמָּסַר אֶת בְּנוֹ לְפַדְגוֹג וְהוֹצִיאוֹ לְתַרְבּוּת רָעָה, כָּעַס הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל בְּנוֹ וַהֲרָגוֹ, אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ כְּלוּם הוֹצִיא אֶת בְּנִי לְתַרְבּוּת רָעָה אֶלָּא זֶה, בְּנִי אָבֵד הוּא וְזֶה קַיָּם, לְפִיכָךְ מֵאָדָם עַד בְּהֵמָה עַד רֶמֶשׂ וְעַד עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם.
(6) Rabbi Yudan and Rabbi Pinḥas: Rabbi Yudan said: This is analogous to a king who entrusted his son to a teacher who caused him to stray onto an evil path. The king became angry at his son and killed him. The king said: Was it not this man who caused him to stray onto an evil path? My son is lost; should this man endure? That is why: “[And the Lord said, I will obliterate…] from man to animal, to crawling creatures, to bird of the heavens.”
(יז) וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ כֹּחִי֙ וְעֹ֣צֶם יָדִ֔י עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י אֶת־הַחַ֥יִל הַזֶּֽה׃
(17) and you say to yourselves, “My own power and the might of my own hand have won this wealth for me.”