2 Maccabees 4:13-15
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
13 There was such an extreme of Hellenization and increase in the adoption of foreign ways because of the surpassing wickedness of Jason, who was ungodly and no true[a] high priest, 14 that the priests were no longer intent upon their service at the altar. Despising the sanctuary and neglecting the sacrifices, they hurried to take part in the unlawful proceedings in the wrestling arena after the signal for the discus-throwing, 15 disdaining the honours prized by their ancestors and putting the highest value upon Greek forms of prestige.
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- 2 Maccabees 4:13 Gk lacks true
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