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With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God.
10
From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so.
11
Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water?
12
Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.
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Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.