1 Kings 13:7-16
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7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
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8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
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9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
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10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
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11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
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12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
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13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
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14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
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15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
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16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: