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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.

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Johannes 7:1-13

En na dezen wandelde Jezus in Galilea; want Hij wilde in Judea niet wandelen, omdat de Joden Hem zochten te doden. En het feest der Joden, namelijk de loof huttenzetting, was nabij. Zo zeiden dan Zijn broeders tot Hem: Vertrek van hier, en ga heen in Judea, opdat ook Uw discipelen Uw werken mogen aanschouwen, die Gij doet. Want niemand doet iets in het verborgen, en zoekt zelf, dat men openlijk van hem spreke. Indien Gij deze dingen doet, zo openbaar Uzelven aan de wereld. Want ook Zijn broeders geloofden niet in Hem. Jezus dan zeide tot hen: Mijn tijd is nog niet hier, maar uw tijd is altijd bereid. De wereld kan ulieden niet haten, maar Mij haat zij, omdat Ik van dezelve getuig, dat haar werken boos zijn. Gaat gijlieden op tot dit feest; Ik ga nog niet op tot dit feest; want Mijn tijd is nog niet vervuld. En als Hij deze dingen tot hen gezegd had, bleef Hij in Galilea. Maar als Zijn broeders opgegaan waren, toen ging Hij ook Zelf op tot het feest, niet openlijk, maar als in het verborgen. De Joden dan zochten Hem in het feest, en zeiden: Waar is Hij? En er was veel gemurmels van Hem onder de scharen. Sommigen zeiden: Hij is goed; en anderen zeiden: Neen, maar Hij verleidt de schare. Nochtans sprak niemand vrijmoediglijk van Hem, om de vrees der Joden.