4 “O youths, with favorable feelings, I admire the beauty of each of you. Greatly honouring so numerous a band of kindred, I not only counsel you not to share the madness of the old man who has been tortured before, (WEB) 5 but I beg you to yield, and to enjoy my friendship; for I possess the power, not only of punishing those who disobey my commands, but of doing good to those who obey them. (WEB) 6 Put confidence in me, then, and you will receive places of authority in my government, if you forsake your national way of life, (WEB)
4 Maccabees 8:4–6
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4 Maccabees 12:4–6
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2 Maccabees 11:18–20
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2 Maccabees 7:16–18
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2 Maccabees 9:25–27
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4 Maccabees 8:9–11
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2 Maccabees 11:25–27
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