Shepherd of Hermas parable-1:8
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Work: Shepherd of Hermas
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Shepherd of Hermas — J. B. Lightfoot 1891 English translation
1[50]:8 Therefore, instead of fields buy ye souls that are in trouble, as each is able, and visit widows and orphans, and neglect them not; and spend your riches and all your displays, which ye received from God, on fields and houses of this kind.
- Source
- Shepherd of Hermas — J. B. Lightfoot 1891 English translation
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- eng
- Source language
- grc
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