2 Maccabees 4:13-15

New Catholic Bible

¹³ As a result of the introduction of foreign customs, the craze for Hellenism became so intense because of the unrestricted wickedness of the ungodly bogus high priest^[a] Jason ¹⁴ that the priests no longer bothered to fulfill their duties at the altar. Disdaining the temple and neglecting the sacrifices, they would hasten to participate in the unlawful exercises as soon as they heard the signal for the discus-throwing. ¹⁵ They showed no respect for what their ancestors had regarded as honorable and placed the greatest value on what the Greeks honored above all else.