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b'The best gifts to give:
To your friend - loyalty;
To your enemy - forgiveness;
To your boss - service;
To a child - a good example;
To your parents - gratitude and devotion;\\xa0
To your mate - love and faithfulness;\\xa0
To all men and women - charity;
And Most of all To your God - your life.
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Isaiah 55
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All you who are thirsty,[a]\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0come to the water!\\u2028You who have no money,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0come, buy grain and eat;\\u2028Come, buy grain without money,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0wine and milk without cost!
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Why spend your money for what is not bread;\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0your wages for what does not satisfy?\\u2028Only listen to me, and you shall eat well,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0you shall delight in rich fare.
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Pay attention and come to me;\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0listen, that you may have life.\\u2028I will make with you an everlasting covenant,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0the steadfast loyalty promised to David.
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As I made him a witness to peoples,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0a leader and commander of peoples,
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So shall you summon a nation you knew not,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0and a nation[b] that knew you not shall run to you,\\u2028Because of the Lord, your God,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you.
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[c]Seek the Lord while he may be found,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0call upon him while he is near.
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Let the wicked forsake their way,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0and sinners their thoughts;\\u2028Let them turn to the Lord to find mercy;\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0to our God, who is generous in forgiving.
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For my thoughts are not your thoughts,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0nor are your ways my ways\\u2014oracle of the Lord.
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For as the heavens are higher than the earth,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0so are my ways higher than your ways,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
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[d]Yet just as from the heavens\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0the rain and snow come down\\u2028And do not return there\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0till they have watered the earth,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0making it fertile and fruitful,\\u2028Giving seed to the one who sows\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0and bread to the one who eats,
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So shall my word be\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0that goes forth from my mouth;\\u2028It shall not return to me empty,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0but shall do what pleases me,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0achieving the end for which I sent it.
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Yes, in joy you shall go forth,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0in peace you shall be brought home;\\u2028Mountains and hills shall break out in song before you,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0all trees of the field shall clap their hands.
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In place of the thornbush, the cypress shall grow,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0instead of nettles,[e] the myrtle.\\u2028This shall be to the Lord\\u2019s renown,\\u2028 \\xa0 \\xa0as an everlasting sign that shall not fail.
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