2 Maccabees 6:19-21
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19 But he, welcoming death with honor rather than life with pollution, went up to the rack of his own accord,(A) 20 spitting it out as all ought to go who have the courage to refuse things that it is not right to taste, even for the natural love of life.
21 Those who were in charge of that unlawful sacrifice took the man aside because of their long acquaintance with him and privately urged him to bring meat of his own providing, proper for him to use, and to pretend that he was eating the flesh of the sacrificial meal that had been commanded by the king,(B)
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