Yea, I also worked strongly in the work of this wall, and I did not buy a field. And all my servants were gathered there on the work.
The former governors who were before me were too heavy on the people, and had taken bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their young men bore rule over the people. But I did not do this, because of the fear of God.
And at my table were a hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides those who came to us from among the nations around us.
And Moses was very angry, and said to Jehovah, Do not respect their offering; I have not taken one ass from them, nor have I done evil to one of them.
And the one in the good earth, these are the ones who in a right and good heart, hearing the Word, they hold it and bear fruit in patience.
truly to the ones who with patience in good work seeking glory and honor and incorruptibility and everlasting life;
So that, my beloved brothers, you be firm, immovable, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that your labor is not fruitless in the Lord.
But let us not be wearied in doing good; for in its own time we shall reap, not growing faint-hearted.