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On that day, even the man who has been castrated will be rewarded with happiness, if he has kept the Law and has not stored up resentment against the Lord. Because he has been faithful, he will receive a special reward more precious than having children: a place in the Lord's heavenly Temple.
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Honest deeds are like a tree that bears marvelous fruit. Wisdom is like a root that is alive and can always send up new shoots.
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But children born of adultery or of a forbidden union will die an early death.
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Yet even if they do live a long time, they will never amount to anything. They will not be respected in their old age,
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and if they die young, they will have no hope or comfort on Judgment Day.