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And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? |
and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? |
and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled”; and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body; what use is that? |
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If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? |
And one of you says to him, Good-bye! Keep [yourself] warm and well fed, without giving him the necessities for the body, what good does that do? |
and one of you says to them, Be going away in peace, be warming yourselves and be feeding yourselves to your utter satisfaction, and you do not give them the things needful for the body, what profit is there? |
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and one of you say, “Good luck to you! I hope you’ll keep warm and find enough to eat,” and yet give them nothing to meet their physical needs, what on earth is the good of that? |
and one of you says to him, “Blessings on you, keep warm, eat until you have a plenty,” without giving him the things that are needed for the body, what good does it do? |
And 1161 one 5100 of 1537 you 5216 say 2036 unto them, 846 Depart 5217 in 1722 peace, 1515 be ye warmed 2328 and 2532 filled; 5526 notwithstanding 1161 ye give 1325 them 846 not 3361 those things which are needful 2006 to the 3588 body; 4983 what 5101 doth it profit? 3786 |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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