Read the passage from "by the waters of babylon.”

when i saw my father again, i prayed and was purified. he touched my lips and my breast, he said, "you went away a boy. you come back a man and a priest." i said, "father, they were men! i have been in the place of the gods and seen it! now slay me, if it is the law—but still i know they were men."

he looked at me out of both eyes. he said, "the law is not always the same shape—you have done what you have done. i could not have done it my time, but you come after me. tell! "
which excerpt from this passage best supports the theme that traditions and laws must adapt to new times?

“when i saw my father again, i prayed and was purified”
“you went away a boy. you came back a man and a priest”
“now slay me, if it is the law—but still i know they were men”
“i could not have done it my time, but you come after me”