41 All therefore, blessing the ways of the Lord, the righteous Judge, who makes manifest the things that are hidden, (WEB) 42 turned themselves to supplication, praying that the sin committed might be wholly blotted out. The noble Judas exhorted the multitude to keep themselves from sin, for they had seen with their own eyes what happened because of the sin of those who had fallen. (WEB) 43 When he had made a collection man by man to the sum of two thousand drachmas of silver, he sent to Jerusalem to offer a sacrifice for sin, doing very well and honorably in this, in that he took thought for the resurrection. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 12:41–43
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