4 Maccabees 6:14

¹⁴ “Why do you unreasonably destroy yourself, O Eleazar, with these miseries? (WEB)

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4 Maccabees 9:4–6

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4 Maccabees 9:1–2

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4 Maccabees 5:5–7

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4 Maccabees 7:9–11

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2 Maccabees 6:23–25

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4 Maccabees 8:16–18

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