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29 How great is the Lord's merciful forgiveness of those who turn to him! 30 But this is not the nature of human beings;[a] not one of us is immortal. 31 Nothing is brighter than the sun, but even the sun's light fails during an eclipse. How much easier it is for human thoughts to be eclipsed by evil!

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  1. Sirach 17:30 But...human beings; or People cannot have everything.

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