Malachi 1:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ A son honors his father,
    and a servant fears his master.
If then I am a father,
    where is the honor due to me?
So says the Lord of hosts
    to you priests who despise my name.
You ask, “How have we despised your name?”
⁷     By offering polluted food on my altar.
Then you ask, “How have we polluted it?”
    By thinking that the table of the Lord may be despised.
⁸ When you offer blind animals in sacrifice,
    is this not evil?
And when you offer in sacrifice
    those who are lame or sick,
    is this not evil?
If you offer such sacrifices to your governor,
    will he be pleased with them,
or show you special favor,
    asks the Lord of hosts.