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1 Maccabees 12:10-12
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 12:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 we have decided to request the renewal of our pact of family ties and friendship with you so that we may not become estranged from you, for a great many years have elapsed since you last contacted us.
11 “We, for our part, remember you constantly in the sacrifices we offer and in our prayers at our festivals and on other appointed days, for it is right and proper to remember brothers.[a] 12 We rejoice in your renown.
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- 1 Maccabees 12:11 Despite the separatism practiced by the Jews, no law prohibited them from praying for other peoples, even Gentiles, for their rulers (see Jer 29:7; Ezr 6:10), and in particular for foreign sovereigns on whom Israel depended.
