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2 Maccabees 4:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Maccabees 4:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
17 It is no light thing to show irreverence to the divine laws—a fact that later events will make clear.
Jason Introduces Greek Customs
18 When the quadrennial games were being held at Tyre and the king was present, 19 the vile Jason sent envoys, chosen as being Antiochian citizens from Jerusalem, to carry three hundred silver drachmas for the sacrifice to Hercules. Those who carried the money, however, thought best not to use it for sacrifice, because that was inappropriate, but to expend it for another purpose.
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