- How can a young man lead a spotless life?
By living according to your word. - The powerful suffer want and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord want for no good thing. - I have made a covenant with my eyes
not to look with desire upon a virgin. - Let no one regard you with contempt because of your youth, but serve as an example to the believers in your speech and conduct, in your love, your faith, and your purity.
- Therefore, you will be given this sign
by the Lord himself:
The virgin will be with child,
and she will give birth to a son,
and she will name him Immanuel. - Let my teaching fall down like rain,
and my words descend like the dew.
Like rain upon the sprouts,
and like showers upon the grass. - Go, and assemble all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same thing. After that, I will go to the king—against the law. And if I perish, I perish!
Now in regard to the eating of meat sacrificed to idols, we know that idols are nothing in the world and that there is only one God. Therefore, we can say with confidence:
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not be afraid.
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