3 Maccabees 1:20-22
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20 Mothers and nurses abandoned even newborn children here and there, some in houses and some in the streets, and without a backward look they crowded together at the most high temple. 21 Various were the supplications of those gathered there because of what the king was profanely plotting.(A) 22 In addition, the bolder of the citizens would not tolerate the completion of his plans or the fulfillment of his intended purpose.
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