And, those beside the pathway, are they who have heard; afterwards, cometh the adversary, and catcheth away the word from their heart, lest, believing, they should, be saved.

For this cause, it behoveth us, with unwonted firmness, to be holding fast unto the things that have been heard, lest, at any time, we drift away.

Because, if any is, a word-hearer, and not a doer, the same, is like unto a man observing his natural face in a mirror, -

It

Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood.

Ye, are the salt of the earth; but, if the salt become tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? it is good, for nothing, any more, save, being cast out, to be trampled on by men.

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Then came down the birds of prey upon the carcass, and Abram drove them away.

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And it came to pass, as he sowed, some, indeed, fell by the pathway, and the birds came, and devoured it;