43 and he who sows, as if he wouldn’t reap, so also he who prunes the vines, as he who won’t gather the grapes, (WEB) 44 those who marry, as those who will have no children, and those who don’t marry, as the widowed. (WEB) 45 Because of this, those who labor, labor in vain; (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:43–45
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