2 Esdras 16:43-45

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁴³ let one who sows be like one who will not reap; so also one who prunes the vines, like one who will not gather the grapes; ⁴⁴ those who marry, like those who will have no children; and those who do not marry, like those who are widowed. ⁴⁵ Because of this, those who labour, labour in vain;