New American Bible, Revised Edition

Ben Sira 34:29-31 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

29. If one prays and another curses,whose voice will God hear?

30. If one again touches a corpse after bathing,what does he gain by the purification?

31. So one who fasts for sins,but goes and commits them again:Who will hear his prayer,what is gained by mortification?