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I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you used to fasten (ezōnnyes | ἐζώννυες | imperf act ind 2 sg) on your clothes and go wherever you wanted, but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten on your clothes (zōsei | ζώσει | fut act ind 3 sg) and take you where you do not want to go.”