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²¹Do not allow evil to prevail, instead prevail over evil by means of goodness.

²⁰Woe to you who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

¹⁷And he said to him: “Why do you question me about what is good? One is good: God. But if you wish to enter into life, observe the commandments.”

¹⁷And when he had departed on the way, a certain one, running up and kneeling before him, asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do, so that I may secure eternal life?” ¹⁸But Jesus said to him, “Why call me good? No one is good except the one God. ¹⁹You know the precepts: “Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not speak false testimony. Do not deceive. Honor your father and mother.” ²⁰But in response, he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth.” ²¹Then Jesus, gazing at him, loved him, and he said to him: “One thing is lacking to you. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.” ²²But he went away grieving, having been greatly saddened by the word. For he had many possessions.

¹Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence. ²But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night. ³And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper. ⁴Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth. ⁵Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just. ⁶For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.

³Hope in the Lord and do good, and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches.

⁵For the Lord is sweet, his mercy is in eternity, and his truth is from generation to generation.

⁸I will reveal to you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you, and how to act with judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk carefully with your God.

²¹But test all things. Hold on to whatever is good.

²⁸And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.

⁴And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses.

¹⁸But Jesus said to him, “Why call me good? No one is good except the one God.

¹⁹Then Jesus said to him: “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

⁹Taste and see that the Lord is sweet. Blessed is the man who hopes in him.