Cheating God Out of Sunday
Jeremiah 17:22
Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do you any work, but hallow you the sabbath day…


An old Christian, living at Salem, was much annoyed by the conduct of some of his neighbours who persisted in working on the Sabbath. One Sabbath, as he was going to Church, his Sabbath breaking neighbours called out to him sneeringly from the hayfield, "Well, father, we have cheated the Lord out of two Sundays anyway!" "I don't know that," replied the old gentleman, "I don't know; the account is not yet settled."



Parallel Verses
KJV: Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

WEB: neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day holy, neither do any work: but make the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.




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