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2 Maccabees 2:27-29
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
2 Maccabees 2:27-29
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
27 And as to ourselves indeed, in undertaking this work of abridging, we have taken in hand no easy task, yea rather a business full of watching and sweat.
28 But as they that prepare a feast, and seek to satisfy the will of others: for the sake of many, we willingly undergo the labour.
29 Leaving to the authors the exact handling of every particular, and as for ourselves, according to the plan proposed, studying to be brief.
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