14-16 The steward agreed to do it and fed them vegetables and water for ten days. At the end of the ten days they looked better and more robust than all the others who had been eating from the royal menu. So the steward continued to exempt them from the royal menu of food and drink and served them only vegetables.

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14 So he agreed to this and tested(A) them for ten days.

15 At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.(B) 16 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.(C)

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