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1 Kings 13:16

Obedience

14 and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.

15 So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”

But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

17 For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”

18 Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
KJV
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:
WEB
He said, “I may not return with you, nor go in with you. I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
ASV
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:
DARBY
And he said, I cannot return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place.
BLB
And he said, “I cannot return with you or go in with you, nor can I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.
ÅB
Men han sa: Jeg kan ikke vende tilbake med deg og komme hjem til deg; jeg vil hverken spise brød eller drikke vann med deg på dette sted.
OTB
Men han sa, “Jeg kan ikke vende tilbake med deg eller følge deg, og jeg vil heller ikke spise brød eller drikke vann med deg på dette stedet.
B1930
Men han sa: Jeg kan ikke vende tilbake med dig og komme hjem til dig; jeg vil hverken ete brød eller drikke vann med dig på dette sted.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 13:8–9

    But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.

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  • Matthew 16:23

    But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

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  • Numbers 22:13

    So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”

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  • Numbers 22:19

    So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”

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  • Genesis 3:1–3

    Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

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  • Matthew 4:10

    “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

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