³ And take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.

¹⁰ But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the people, who had nothing whatever, go on living in the land of Judah, and gave them vine-gardens and fields at the same time.

⁶ So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah, and was living with him among the people who were still in the land.

¹⁶ But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

¹² But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

¹⁴ For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.

²³ And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,

²⁴ Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

¹⁸ And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?