1 Kings 13:16-18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ But he answered, ‘I cannot go back with you or accompany you; I will not eat food or drink water with you in this place. ¹⁷ For a message came to me by the word of the Lord: “You must not eat food or drink water there^(A) or go back by the way you came.” ’

¹⁸ He said to him, ‘I am also a prophet^(B) like you. An angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord: “Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat food and drink water.” ’ The old prophet deceived him,^(C)