Exodus 18:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁶ When they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I make known to them the statutes and instructions of God.’ ¹⁷ Moses” father-in-law said to him, ‘What you are doing is not good. ¹⁸ You will surely wear yourself out, both you and these people with you. For the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.