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2 Esdras 8:41-43
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 Esdras 8:41-43
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
41 ‘For just as the farmer sows many seeds in the ground and plants a multitude of seedlings, and yet not all that have been sown will come up[a] in due season, and not all that were planted will take root; so also those who have been sown in the world will not all be saved.’
42 I answered and said, ‘If I have found favour in your sight, let me speak. 43 If the farmer’s seed does not come up, because it has not received your rain in due season, or if it has been ruined by too much rain, it perishes.[b]
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- 2 Esdras 8:41 Syr Ethiop will live; Lat will be saved
- 2 Esdras 8:43 Cn: Compare Syr Arab 1 Arm Georg 2: Meaning of Lat uncertain
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