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3 Maccabees 7:11
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3 Maccabees 3:6–8
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1 Maccabees 11:24–26
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1 Maccabees 11:10–12
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1 Maccabees 10:60–62
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1 Timothy 5:11–13
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2 Maccabees 4:47–49
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