1 Maccabees 2:19
Good News Translation
Mattathias answered in a loud voice, "I don't care if every Gentile in this empire has obeyed the king and yielded to the command to abandon the religion of his ancestors.

New Revised Standard Version
But Mattathias answered and said in a loud voice: “Even if all the nations that live under the rule of the king obey him, and have chosen to obey his commandments, every one of them abandoning the religion of their ancestors,

Contemporary English Version
Mattathias answered in a loud voice: What do I care if everyone in the king's entire kingdom turns from their own religion and starts obeying his laws?

New American Bible
But Mattathias answered in a loud voice: “Although all the Gentiles in the king’s realm obey him, so that they forsake the religion of their ancestors and consent to the king’s orders,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Mathathias answered, and said with a loud voice: Although all nations obey king Antiochus, so as to depart every man from the service of the law of his fathers, and consent to his commandments:

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Then Mathathias answered, and said with a loud voice: Although all nations obey king Antiochus, so as to depart every man from the service of the law of his fathers, and consent to his commandments:

1 Maccabees 2:17
And they that were sent from Antiochus, answering, said to Mathathias: Thou art a ruler, and an honourable, and great man in this city, and adorned with sons, and brethren.

1 Maccabees 2:18
Therefore, come thou first, and obey the king's commandment, as all nations have done, and the men of Juda, and they that remain in Jerusalem: and thou, and thy sons shall be in the number of the king's friends, and enriched with gold, and silver, and many presents.

1 Maccabees 2:20
I and my sons, and my brethren will obey the law of our fathers.

1 Maccabees 2:21
God be merciful unto us: it is not profitable for us to forsake the law, and the justices of God:

Context
1 Maccabees 2
18Therefore, come thou first, and obey the king's commandment, as all nations have done, and the men of Juda, and they that remain in Jerusalem: and thou, and thy sons shall be in the number of the king's friends, and enriched with gold, and silver, and many presents. 19Then Mathathias answered, and said with a loud voice: Although all nations obey king Antiochus, so as to depart every man from the service of the law of his fathers, and consent to his commandments: 20I and my sons, and my brethren will obey the law of our fathers.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 2:17
And they that were sent from Antiochus, answering, said to Mathathias: Thou art a ruler, and an honourable, and great man in this city, and adorned with sons, and brethren.

1 Maccabees 2:18
Therefore, come thou first, and obey the king's commandment, as all nations have done, and the men of Juda, and they that remain in Jerusalem: and thou, and thy sons shall be in the number of the king's friends, and enriched with gold, and silver, and many presents.

1 Maccabees 2:20
I and my sons, and my brethren will obey the law of our fathers.

1 Maccabees 2:21
God be merciful unto us: it is not profitable for us to forsake the law, and the justices of God:



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1 Maccabees 2:18
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