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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.

Evanghelia

Ioan 7:1-13

După aceea, Isus străbătea Galilea; nu voia să stea în Iudea, pentrucă Iudeii căutau să -L omoare. Şi praznicul Iudeilor, praznicul zis al Corturilor, era aproape. Fraţii Lui I-au zis: ,,Pleacă de aici, şi du-Te în Iudea, ca să vadă şi ucenicii Tăi lucrările, pe cari le faci. Nimeni nu face ceva în ascuns, cînd caută să se facă cunoscut: dacă faci aceste lucruri, arată-Te lumii.`` Căci nici fraţii Lui nu credeau în El. Isus le -a zis: ,,Vremea Mea n'a sosit încă, dar vouă vremea totdeauna vă este prielnică. Pe voi lumea nu vă poate urî; pe Mine Mă urăşte, pentrucă mărturisesc despre ea că lucrările ei sînt rele. Suiţi-vă voi la praznicul acesta; Eu încă nu Mă sui la praznicul acesta, fiindcă nu Mi s'a împlinit încă vremea.`` Dupăce le -a spus aceste lucruri, a rămas în Galilea. După ce s'au suit fraţii Lui la praznic, S'a suit şi El, dar nu pe faţă, ci cam pe ascuns. Iudeii Îl căutau în timpul praznicului, şi ziceau: ,,Unde este?`` Noroadele vorbeau mult în şoaptă despre El. Unii ziceau: ,,Este un om bun.`` Alţii ziceau: ,,Nu, ci duce norodul în rătăcire.`` Totuş, de frica Iudeilor, nimeni nu vorbea de El pe faţă.