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let the one who does business be like one who will not make a profit; and let the one who builds a house be like one who will not live in it;
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let the one who sows be like one who will not reap; so also the one who prunes the vines, like one who will not gather the grapes;
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those who marry, like those who will have no children; and those who do not marry, like those who are widowed.
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Because of this, those who labor, labor in vain;
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for strangers shall gather their fruits, and plunder their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their children captive; for in captivity and famine they will produce their children.