4 Maccabees 15:12-14

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¹² But each child separately and all of them together the mother urged on to death for piety’s sake.^{(A) 13} O sacred nature, parental affection, tender love toward offspring, nursing, and indomitable maternal passions! ¹⁴ This mother, who saw them tortured and burned one by one, for piety’s sake did not change her attitude.