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23 Be content with little or much.[a]
24 It is a miserable life to go from house to house,
    and where you are a stranger you may not open your mouth;
25 you will play the host and provide drink without being thanked,
    and besides this you will hear bitter words:

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  1. Sirach 29:23 Other authorities add and you will not hear reproach for your sojourning.

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