¹⁷ Then Daniel answered and said before the king, ^(A)“Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation.

¹⁶ But he said, ^(A)“As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, ^(B)I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

²³ that ^(A)I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

²⁰ But Peter said to him, ^(A)“May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God ^(B)with money!

²⁹ Then ^(A)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel ^(B)was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

⁶ But if you show the dream and its interpretation, ^(A)you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. ^(B)Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.”

²⁶ But he said to him, “Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants?

¹³ And Elisha said to the king of Israel, ^(A)“What have I to do with you? Go to ^(B)the prophets of your father and to ^(C)the prophets of your mother.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No; it is ^(D)the Lord who has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.”