¹² Then he said to me, ^(A)“Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, ^(B)your words were heard; and I have come because of your words.

^13 (A)But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, ^(B)Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.

²⁰ Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? And now I must return to fight ^(A)with the prince of Persia; and when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come.

²¹ But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, ^(A)except Michael your prince.