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¹⁷Let priests who lead well be held worthy of twice the honor, especially those who labor in the Word and in doctrine. ¹⁸For Scripture says: “You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his pay.”

¹⁵And I will give you pastors according to my own heart. And they will feed you with knowledge and doctrine.

¹⁵Be solicitous in the task of presenting yourself before God as a proven and unashamed worker who has handled the Word of Truth correctly.

³I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

¹The parables of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel, ²in order to know wisdom and discipline, ³to understand words of prudence, and to accept the instruction of doctrine, justice and judgment, and equity, ⁴so as to give discernment to little ones, knowledge and understanding to adolescents. ⁵By listening, the wise shall become wiser and the intelligent shall possess governments. ⁶He shall turn his soul to a parable and to its interpretation, to the words of the wise and their enigmas.

¹⁷Obey your leaders and be subject to them. For they watch over you, as if to render an account of your souls. So then, may they do this with joy, and not with grief. Otherwise, it would not be as helpful to you.

¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,

¹A Canticle in steps. Behold, bless the Lord now, all you servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. ²In the nights, lift up your hands in sanctity, and bless the Lord. ³May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.

⁷each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a cheerful giver.

³⁸Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure, pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap. Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out, will be used to measure back to you again.”

¹⁰Just as each of you has received grace, minister in the same way to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹When anyone speaks, it should be like words of God. When anyone ministers, it should be from the virtue that God provides, so that in all things God may be honored through Jesus Christ. To him is glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

²⁸Take care of yourselves and of the entire flock, over which the Holy Spirit has stationed you as Bishops to rule the Church of God, which he has purchased by his own blood.

¹⁷Let priests who lead well be held worthy of twice the honor, especially those who labor in the Word and in doctrine.