Thematic Bible: Of the worldly soul


Thematic Bible



And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food. Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.


As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.


Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.


And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.




Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain