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Sirach 29:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 29:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 Assist your neighbor to the best of your ability,
but be careful not to fall yourself.
Home and Hospitality
21 The necessities of life are water, bread, and clothing,
and also a house to assure privacy.(A)
22 Better is the life of the poor under their own crude roof
than sumptuous food in the house of strangers.(B)
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
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