4 Maccabees 15:13-15

Common English Bible

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! ¹⁴ Even though this mother watched her children tortured and burned up one after another, she kept her resolve firm for the sake of their godly way of life. ¹⁵ She watched as the fire devoured her children’s flesh, their fingers and toes scattered all over the ground, the flesh of their faces torn off like masks down to their chins.