2 Esdras 7:51-53

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⁵¹ Inasmuch as you have said that the righteous are not many but few, while the ungodly abound, hear the explanation for this.

⁵² “If you have just a few precious stones, will you add to them lead and clay?”^{[a] 53} I said, “Lord, how could that be?”