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) 45 And the prince of deceit blinded me, and I sinned as a man and as flesh, being corrupted through sins; and I learnt my own weakness while thinking myself invincible. (T12)
Testament of Judah 3:43–45
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