[But] I also have a heart as well as you.

And having quieted the crowd, the city clerk said: "Men of Ephesus, for what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the [image] fallen from heaven?

Yet He filled their houses with good things, but the counsel for the wicked is far from Him.

Lest you should say in your heart, My strength, and the power of my [own] hand have worked for me this great wealth!

But you shall remember the Lord your God, that He gives you strength to get wealth; even that He may establish His covenant, which the Lord swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; He brings low, and lifts up.

I have made the earth by My great power, and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to whomsoever it shall seem [good] in My eyes.

I have given the earth to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to serve him, and the wild beasts of the field to labor for him.

And now, O lord our God, hearken to the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and cause Your face to shine on Your desolate sanctuary, for Your [name's] sake, O Lord.

O king, the Most High God gave to your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, and majesty, and honor, and glory.

For of Him and through Him and to Him [are] all things; to Him be the glory forever! Amen.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Did God not choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those that love Him?

Do they not blaspheme the noble name by which you are called?