1 Esdras 3:17-19

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¹⁷ “Gentlemen, how is wine the strongest? It leads astray the minds of all who drink it.^{(A) 18} It makes equal the mind of the king and the orphan, of the slave and the free, of the poor and the rich. ¹⁹ It turns every thought to feasting and gladness and forgets all sorrow and debt.^(B)