42 My children, the love of money leadeth to idolatry; because, when led astray through money, men name as gods those who are not gods, and it causeth him who hath it to fall into madness. (T12) 43 For the sake of money I lost my children, and had not my repentance, and my humiliation, and the prayers of my father been accepted, I should have died childless. (T12) 44 But the God of my fathers had mercy on me, because I did it in ignorance. (T12)
Testament of Judah 3:42–44
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