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Then I answered and said, "Let me speak in thy presence, Lord.
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For behold, I will go, as thou hast commanded me, and I will reprove the people who are now living; but who will warn those who will be born hereafter? For the world lies in darkness, and its inhabitants are without light.
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For thy law has been burned, and so no one knows the things which have been done or will be done by thee.
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If then I have found favor before thee, send the Holy Spirit into me, and I will write everything that has happened in the world from the beginning, the things which were written in thy law, that men may be able to find the path, and that those who wish to live in the last days may live."
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He answered me and said, "Go and gather the people, and tell them not to seek you for forty days.
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