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2 Maccabees 7:29-31
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 7:29-31
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
29 Do not fear this butcher but prove worthy of your brothers. Accept death, so that in God’s mercy I may get you back again along with your brothers.”(A)
30 While she was still speaking, the young man said, “What are you waiting for? I will not obey the king’s command, but I obey the command of the law that was given to our ancestors through Moses. 31 But you, who have contrived all sorts of evil against the Hebrews, will certainly not escape the hands of God.(B)
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