¹³ So they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, ^(A)who is ^[a]one of the captives from Judah, ^(B)does not show due regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”

^12 (A)There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; these men, O king, have ^(B)not paid due regard to you. They do not serve your gods or worship the gold image which you have set up.”

²⁵ Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king, and said thus to him, “I have found a man of the ^[a]captives of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.”

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¹³ Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke, and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel ^[a]who is one of the captives from Judah, whom my ^[b]father the king brought from Judah?

⁸ Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; ^(A)their laws are different from all other people’s, and they do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them remain.

²⁹ But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: ^(A)“We ought to obey God rather than men.

⁶ Now from among those of the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

⁷ Jason has ^[a]harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, ^(A)saying there is another king—Jesus.”