I wonder if Near Eastern religion ever caught up to “doing good without rewards”, and if so, WHEN. So far, in Talmud Babili: Baba Kamma 92, “one who solicits mercy for his fellow while he himself is in need of the same thing, will be answered first.”
http://www.come-and-hear.com/babakamma/babakamma_92.html#92a_5
Incidentally that Aramaic is close to Amioun dialect but cannot find the original
Babylonian Talmud: Baba Kamma 92
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