Daniel 1:8-10 (The Message)
But Daniel determined that he would not defile himself
by eating the king’s food or drinking his wine, so he asked the head
of the palace staff to exempt him from the royal diet. The head of the
palace staff, by God’s grace, liked Daniel, but he warned him,
“I’m afraid of what my master the king will do. He is the one who
assigned this diet and if he sees that you are not as healthy
as the rest, he’ll have my head!”
Daniel 11:11-16 (The Message)
But Daniel appealed to a steward who had been assigned
by the head of the palace staff to be in charge of
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
“Try us out for ten days on a simple diet of vegetables and water.
Then compare us with the young men who eat from the
royal menu. Make your decision on the basis of what you see.”
The steward agreed to do it and fed them vegetables and water
for ten days. At the end of the ten days they looked better
and more robust than all the others who had been eating
from the royal menu. So the steward continued to exempt them
from the royal menu of food and drink and served
them only vegetables.
First they came for the communists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
~Martin Niemoller
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