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¹⁹And may my God fulfill all your desires, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

⁸You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

⁸But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.

²⁰There is desirable treasure, as well as oil, in the habitations of the just. And the imprudent man will waste it.

³And there were those who were saying: “Let us offer up our fields and vineyards, and our houses, and then we may receive grain during the famine.”

⁷The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.

³⁴Justice elevates a nation. But sin makes the peoples miserable.

²²A man who hurries to become rich, and who envies others, does not know that destitution will overwhelm him.

¹⁶Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.

²On the first day of the week, the Sabbath, let each one of you take from himself, setting aside what will be well-pleasing to him, so that when I arrive, the collections will not have to be made then.

³For what does Scripture say? “Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.”

⁸The book of this law shall not depart from your mouth. Instead, you shall meditate upon it, day and night, so that you may observe and do all the things that are written in it. Then you shall direct your way and understand it.

²⁰Now to him who is able to do all things, more abundantly than we could ever ask or understand, by means of the virtue which is at work in us:

²Carry one another’s burdens, and so shall you fulfill the law of Christ.

²⁴‘May the Lord bless you and keep you. ²⁵May the Lord reveal his face to you and take pity on you. ²⁶May the Lord turn his countenance toward you and grant peace to you.’

¹³But who are you to judge your neighbor? Consider this, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into that city, and certainly we will spend a year there, and we will do business, and we will make our profit,” ¹⁴consider that you do not know what will be tomorrow. ¹⁵For what is your life? It is a mist that appears for a brief time, and afterwards will vanish away. So what you ought to say is: “If the Lord wills,” or, “If we live,” we will do this or that.

⁶Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.