1 Kings 13:16
Good News Translation
But the prophet from Judah answered, "I can't go home with you or accept your hospitality. And I won't eat or drink anything with you here,

New Revised Standard Version
But he said, “I cannot return with you, or go in with you; nor will I eat food or drink water with you in this place;

Contemporary English Version
"I can't go back with you," the prophet replied, "and I can't eat or drink anything with you.

New American Bible
“I cannot return with you or go with you, and I cannot eat bread or drink water with you in this place,” he answered,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said: I must not return, nor go with thee, neither will I eat bread, or drink water in this place:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But he said: I must not return, nor go with thee, neither will I eat bread, or drink water in this place:

1 Kings 13:8,9 And the man of God answered the king: If thou wouldst give me half thy house, I will not go with thee, nor eat bread, nor drink water in this place: . . .

Genesis 3:1-3 Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise? . . .

Numbers 22:13,19 And he rose in the morning and said to the princes: Go into your country, because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you. . . .

Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.

Matthew 16:23 Who turning, said to Peter: Go behind me, Satan, thou art a scandal unto me: because thou savourest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

Context
The Old Prophet and the Man of God
15And he said to him: Come home with me to eat bread. 16But he said: I must not return, nor go with thee, neither will I eat bread, or drink water in this place:17Because the Lord spoke to me, in the word of the Lord, saying: Thou shalt not eat bread, and thou shalt not drink water there, nor return by the way thou wentest.…
Cross References
2 John 1:10
If any man come to you and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into the house nor say to him: God speed you.

1 Kings 13:8
And the man of God answered the king: If thou wouldst give me half thy house, I will not go with thee, nor eat bread, nor drink water in this place:

1 Kings 13:9
For so it was enjoined me by the word of the Lord commanding me: Thou shalt not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way that thou camest.

1 Kings 13:15
And he said to him: Come home with me to eat bread.

1 Kings 13:15
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