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For they constituted a holy chorus of religion and encouraged one another, saying,
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"Brothers, let us die like brothers for the sake of the law; let us imitate the three youths in Assyria who despised the same ordeal of the furnace.
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Let us not be cowardly in the demonstration of our piety."
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While one said, "Courage, brother," another said, "Bear up nobly,"
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and another reminded them, "Remember whence you came, and the father by whose hand Isaac would have submitted to being slain for the sake of religion."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.