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Căci, de pildă, dacă intră în adunarea voastră un om cu un inel de aur şi cu o haină strălucitoare şi intră şi un sărac îmbrăcat prost şi voi puneţi ochii pe cel ce poartă haina strălucitoare şi-i ziceţi: „Tu şezi în locul acesta bun!” şi apoi ziceţi săracului: „Tu stai acolo în picioare!” sau: „Şezi jos la picioarele mele!”, nu faceţi voi oare o deosebire în voi înşivă şi nu vă faceţi voi judecători cu gânduri rele?

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Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges(A) with evil thoughts?

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For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

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