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Bel and the Dragon 1:27-42

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Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and did seethe them together, and made lumps thereof: this he put in the dragon’s mouth, so the dragon did eat and burst in sunder: and Daniel said, Behold, these are the gods you⌃ worship. When they of Babylon heard that, they took great indignation, and conspired against the king, saying, The king is become a Jew, and he has pulled down Bel, and slain the dragon, and put the priests to the sword. So they came to the king, and said, Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy you and your house. Now when the king saw that they pressed him sore, being constrained, the king delivered Daniel to them: who cast him into the lion’s den: where he was six days. And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given them every day two carcases, and two sheep: which then were not given to them, to the intent they might devour Daniel. Now there was in Jewry the prophet Habakkuk, who had made pottage, and had broken bread into a bowl, and was going into the field, for to bring it to the reapers. But the angel of the Lord said to Habakkuk, Go carry the dinner that you have into Babylon to Daniel, in the lions’ den. And Habakkuk said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is. Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown, and lifted him up by the hair of his head, and with the blast of his breath set him in Babylon over the den. And Habakkuk cried, saying, O Daniel, Daniel, take the dinner which God has sent you. And Daniel said, You have remembered me, O God: neither have you forsaken those who love you. So Daniel arose, and did eat: and the angel of God set Habakkuk in his own place again immediately. Upon the seventh day the king came to bewail Daniel: and when he came to the den, he looked in, and, behold, Daniel was sitting. Then cried the king with a loud voice, saying, Great are you, O Lord, you God of Daniel, and there is none other beside you. And he drew him out, and cast those that were the cause of his destruction into the den: and they were devoured in a moment before his face.

Evangelium

Johannes 7:1-13

Og derefter gikk Jesus omkring i Galilea; for han vilde ikke gå omkring i Judea, fordi jødene stod ham efter livet. Og jødenes høitid, løvsalenes fest, var nær. Hans brødre sa da til ham: Dra bort herfra og gå til Judea, forat også dine disipler kan få se de gjerninger som du gjør! for ingen gjør noget i lønndom og attrår dog selv å være almindelig kjent; gjør du sådanne ting, da åpenbar dig for verden! For heller ikke hans brødre trodde på ham. Jesus sier til dem: Min tid er ennu ikke kommet; men eders tid er alltid forhånden. Verden kan ikke hate eder; men mig hater den fordi jeg vidner om den at dens gjerninger er onde. Dra I op til høitiden! jeg drar ikke op til denne høitid; for min tid er ennu ikke fullkommet. Da han hadde sagt dette til dem, blev han i Galilea. Men da hans brødre hadde draget op til høiden, da drog også han der op, dog ikke åpenbart, men som i lønndom. Jødene lette da efter ham på høitiden og sa: Hvor er han? Og det blev mumlet meget om ham blandt folket; nogen sa: Han er en god mann, men andre sa: Nei, han fører folket vill. Dog talte ingen fritt ut om ham, av frykt for jødene.