Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, 'The seventh year, the year of release is near,' and your eye look grudgingly[1] on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the LORD against you, and you be guilty of sin.
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;
The man who is the most tender and refined among you will begrudge food to his brother, to the wife he embraces,[4] and to the last of the children whom he has left,
And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
"O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the LORD. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.