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For in truth there is no one among those who have been born who has not acted wickedly, and among those who have existed there is no one who has not transgressed.
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For in this, O Lord, thy righteousness and goodness will be declared, when thou art merciful to those who have no store of good works."
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He answered me and said, "Some things you have spoken rightly, and it will come to pass according to your words.
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For indeed I will not concern myself about the fashioning of those who have sinned, or about their death, their judgment, or their destruction;
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but I will rejoice over the creation of the righteous, over their pilgrimage also, and their salvation, and their receiving their reward.
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