And you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe.
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
And “If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
And someone said to him, “Lord, will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
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