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4 Maccabees 10:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 10:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 No, by the blessed death of my brothers, by the eternal destruction of the tyrant, and by the everlasting[a] life of the pious, I will not renounce our noble family ties. 16 Contrive tortures, tyrant, so that you may learn from them that I am a brother to those who have just now been tortured.” 17 When he heard this, the bloodthirsty, murderous, and utterly abominable Antiochus gave orders to cut out his tongue.
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