4 Maccabees 15:11-13

Common English Bible

¹¹ Though so many forces were pulling against the mother to feel her children’s pain out of her love for them, none of the many tortures they suffered were strong enough to undermine her clear thinking. ¹² Rather, the mother urged them individually and all of them together to a death for the sake of their godly way of life.

¹³ Sacred nature, a love spell cast over parents, devotion to children, tender care, and the unyielding passion that mothers show—how powerful they are!