¹⁷ And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

¹⁰ And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.

³⁰ And why are we in danger every hour?

⁵² Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?

⁵³ Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.

⁵⁴ He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day.

²⁴ And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men.

²⁸ Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.

¹⁴ He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

¹⁹ Saying, By my God, far be it from me to do this! How may I take as drink the life-blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? so he did not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

³ But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.

²⁰ And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;

¹¹ Never will my hand be stretched out against the man marked with the holy oil; but take the spear which is by his head and the vessel of water, and let us go.

³⁰ For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.

¹⁸ It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.

¹⁷ Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.

⁴ But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.