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Remember, my son, that she faced many dangers for you while you were yet unborn. When she dies bury her beside me in the same grave.
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"Remember the Lord our God all your days, my son, and refuse to sin or to transgress his commandments. Live uprightly all the days of your life, and do not walk in the ways of wrongdoing.
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For if you do what is true, your ways will prosper through your deeds.
7
Give alms from your possessions to all who live uprightly, and do not let your eye begrudge the gift when you make it. Do not turn your face away from any poor man, and the face of God will not be turned away from you.
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If you have many possessions, make your gift from them in proportion; if few, do not be afraid to give according to the little you have.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.