42 Let he who does business be as he who has no profit by it, and he who builds, as he who won’t dwell in it, (WEB) 43 and he who sows, as if he wouldn’t reap, so also he who prunes the vines, as he who won’t gather the grapes, (WEB) 44 those who marry, as those who will have no children, and those who don’t marry, as the widowed. (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:42–44
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2 Baruch 22:4–6
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