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2 Maccabees 15:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 15:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 the thrice-accursed wretch asked if there were a sovereign in heaven who had commanded the keeping of the Sabbath day.(A) 4 When they declared, “It is the living Lord himself, the Sovereign in heaven, who ordered us to observe the seventh day,”(B) 5 he replied, “But I am a sovereign also, on earth, and I command you to take up arms and finish the king’s business.” Nevertheless, he did not succeed in carrying out his abominable design.(C)
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