25 He who washes himself after touching a dead body, and touches it again, what does he gain by his washing? (WEB) 26 Even so a man fasting for his sins, and going again, and doing the same, who will listen to his prayer? What profit does he have in his humiliation? (WEB)
Sirach 34:25–26
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