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21 He said,

“Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb,(A)
    and naked shall I go back there.[a]
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
    blessed be the name of the Lord!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:21 Go back there: to the earth; cf. Gn 2:7; see note on Sir 40:1.

12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.”

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For we brought nothing into the world, just as we shall not be able to take anything out of it.(A) If we have food and clothing, we shall be content with that.(B)

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