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Sirach 29:26-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 29:26-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
26 “Come here, stranger, prepare the table;
let me eat what you have there.”
27 “Be off, stranger, for an honored guest is here;
my brother has come for a visit, and I need the house.”(A)
28 It is hard for a sensible person to bear
scolding about lodging[a] and the insults of the moneylender.(B)
Footnotes
- 29.28 Or scolding from the household
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