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Sirach 31:11-13
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Sirach 31:11-13
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
11 His prosperity will be established,[a]
and the assembly will proclaim his acts of charity.
Table Etiquette
12 Are you seated at the table of the great?[b]
Do not be greedy at it,
and do not say, ‘How much food there is here!’
13 Remember that a greedy eye is a bad thing.
What has been created more greedy than the eye?
Therefore it sheds tears for any reason.
Footnotes
- Sirach 31:11 Other ancient authorities add because of this
- Sirach 31:12 Heb Syr: Gk at a great table
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
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