2 Maccabees 14:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 But he found an opportunity to further his mad scheme when he was invited to the council by Demetrius and questioned about the dispositions and intentions of the Jews. He replied: 6 “Those Jews called Hasideans, led by Judas Maccabeus,[a] are warmongers, who stir up sedition and keep the kingdom from enjoying peace.(A) 7 For this reason, now that I am deprived of my ancestral dignity, that is to say, the high priesthood, I have come here,
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