2 Maccabees 4:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ It is no light matter to violate the laws of God, as will become clear in due course.

¹⁸ When the quinquennial games were being held at Tyre in the presence of the king, ¹⁹ the villainous Jason sent envoys chosen from among the Antiochian citizens from Jerusalem to bring there three hundred silver drachmas for the sacrifice to Hercules. However, those who were designated to carry the money considered it improper for this money to be used as a sacrifice, and they decided to expend it for some other purpose.