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4 Maccabees 16:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 16:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 For his sake also our father Abraham was zealous to sacrifice his son Isaac, the ancestor of our nation, and when Isaac saw his father’s hand wielding a knife[a] and descending upon him, he did not cower.(A) 21 Daniel the righteous was thrown to the lions, and Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael were hurled into the fiery furnace and endured it for the sake of God.(B) 22 You, too, must show the same faithfulness toward God and not be grieved.
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