1 He saith to me; "Ye know that ye, who are the servants of God, are dwelling in a foreign land; for your city is far from this city. If then ye know your city, in which ye shall dwell, why do ye here prepare fields and expensive displays and buildings and dwelling-chambers which are superfluous? (HER)
Parables 50:1
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Parables 50:8–10
8 Therefore, instead of fields buy ye souls that are in trouble, as each is able, and visit widows and orphans, and neglect them not; and spend your riches and all your displays, which ye received from God, on fields and houses of this kind. (HER) 9 For to this end the… (HER) 10 … (HER)
Parables 50:4–6
4 Thou, therefor who hast fields and dwellings and many other possessions, when thou art cast out by him, what wilt thou do with thy field and thy house am all the other things that thou preparedst for thyself? For the lord of this country saith to thee justly,… (HER)
2 Esdras 8:1–2
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2 Esdras 4:1–3
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Secret Book of James 1:39–41
39 But when he saw us rejoicing, he said, “Woe to you who need an advocate! Woe to you who need grace! Blessed will be those who’ve spoken out and acquired grace for themselves! (SJM) 40 “Be like foreigners. How are they viewed in your city? Why are you disturbed when you… (SJM)
Epistle of Barnabas 16:1–2
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