King Nebuchadnezzar said:""Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,that you will not serve my god,or worship the golden statue that I set up?Be ready now to fall down and worship the statue I had made,whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet,flute, lyre, harp, psaltery, bagpipe,and all the other musical instruments otherwise, you shall be instantly cast into the white-hot furnace and who is the God who can deliver you out of my hands?""Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar,""There is no need for us to defend ourselves before youin this matter.If our God, whom we serve,can save us from the white-hot furnaceand from your hands, O king, may he save us!But even if he will not, know, O king,that we will not serve your godor worship the golden statue that you set up.""King Nebuchadnezzar's face became livid with utter rageagainst Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times more than usualand had some of the strongest men in his armybind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednegoand cast them into the white-hot furnace.Nebuchadnezzar rose in haste and asked his nobles,""Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?""""Assuredly, O king,"" they answered.""But,"" he replied, ""I see four men unfettered and unhurt,walking in the fire, and the fourth looks like a son of God.""Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed,""Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,who sent his angel to deliver the servants who trusted in him they disobeyed the royal command and yielded their bodiesrather than serve or worship any godexcept their own God."" Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. So they picked up stones to throw at him īut Jesus hid and went out of the temple area. Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, "You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?" Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing Īnd if I should say that I do not know him,Ībraham your father rejoiced to see my day 'Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.'Īre you greater than our father Abraham, who died? Whoever keeps my word will never see death."Ībraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say,
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