Daniel 1:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹² ‘Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. ¹³ You can then compare our appearance with the appearance of the young men who eat the royal rations, and deal with your servants according to what you observe.’ ¹⁴ So he agreed to this proposal and tested them for ten days.