Give due honor to the doctor, for you need him and God himself established him.

Healing, in fact, comes from the Most High; the gift of healing comes from the Sovereign.

The doctor’s expertise gives him prestige and wins for him the admiration of the powerful.

The Lord created the medicinal herbs which grow on the earth, and these a sensible person will not despise.

Remember that He used a simple wooden rod to purify water and so make known His power to everyone.

It is He who gives knowledge to humans so that His power be glorified; the doctor uses it to heal and comfort, the chemist to make his mixtures. In that way the Lord’s work never ceases and well-being prevail on the earth.