2 Maccabees 4:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 For this reason they found themselves in serious trouble: the very people whose manner of life they emulated, and whom they desired to imitate in everything, became their enemies and oppressors. 17 It is no light matter to flout the laws of God, as subsequent events will show.
18 When the quinquennial games were held at Tyre in the presence of the king,
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