1 Maccabees 2:19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
19 But Mattathias answered in a loud voice: “Although all the Gentiles in the king’s realm obey him, so that they forsake the religion of their ancestors and consent to the king’s orders,
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1 Maccabees 2:22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 We will not obey the words of the king by departing from our religion in the slightest degree.”
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