1 Maccabees 16:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 16
1 John then went up from Gazara and told his father Simon what Cendebeus was doing.(A) 2 Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them: “I and my brothers and my father’s house have fought the wars of Israel from our youth until today, and many times we succeeded in saving Israel. 3 I have now grown old, but you, by the mercy of Heaven, have come to maturity. Take my place and my brother’s, and go out and fight for our nation; and may the help of Heaven be with you!”
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