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14 and took off after the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, |Are you the prophet from Judah?| He answered, |Yes, I am.| 15 He then said to him, |Come home with me and eat something.| 16 But he replied, |I can't go back with you or eat and drink with you in this place. 17 For the LORD gave me strict orders, 'Do not eat or drink there; do not go back the way you came.'| 18 The old prophet then said, |I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the LORD's authority, 'Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.'| But he was lying to him. 1 Kings 13:14-18, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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