Daniel 9:27
Good News Translation
27 (A)That ruler will have a firm agreement with many people for seven years, and when half this time is past, he will put an end to sacrifices and offerings. The Awful Horror[a] will be placed on the highest point of the Temple and will remain there until the one who put it there meets the end which God has prepared for him.”
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- Daniel 9:27 A pagan image set up in the Jerusalem Temple by foreign conquerors (see 1 Macc 1.54-61).
Matthew 12:11
Good News Translation
11 (A)Jesus answered, “What if one of you has a sheep and it falls into a deep hole on the Sabbath? Will you not take hold of it and lift it out?
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1 Maccabees 1:54
Good News Translation
54 (A)On the fifteenth day of the month of Kislev in the year 145,[a] King Antiochus set up
The Awful Horror on the altar of the Temple, and pagan altars were built in the towns throughout Judea.
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- 1 Maccabees 1:54 the year 145: This corresponds to 167 B.C.
Matthew 6:7
Good News Translation
7 (A)“When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will hear them because their prayers are long.
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