And when she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death.
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’”
I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his impudence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”
As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient?
for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
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