⁵ The king also allotted for them a daily ration from the ^(A)king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and ordered that they be educated for three years, at the end of which they were to ^[a](B)enter the king’s personal service.

³ “^(A)I am ^(B)a Jew, born in ^(C)Tarsus of ^(D)Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated ^[a]under ^(E)Gamaliel, ^[b](F)strictly according to the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as ^(G)you all are today.

^4 (A)Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but ^(B)bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

¹⁴ But solid food is for ^(A)the mature, who because of practice have their senses ^(B)trained to ^(C)distinguish between good and evil.