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4 Maccabees 14:19-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 14:19-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 since even bees at the time for making honeycombs defend themselves against intruders and, as though with an iron dart, sting those who approach their hive and defend it even to the death? 20 But sympathy for her children did not sway the mother of the young men; she was of the same mind as Abraham.(A)
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