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4 Maccabees 16:4-6
Common English Bible
4 Maccabees 16:4-6
Common English Bible
4 But the mother put out the fire of her feelings that were so many and so strong with clear thinking.
5 Think about this too: If this woman, even though she was a mother, had been weak-spirited, she would have mourned for them. Maybe she would have said something like this:
6 “Look at how miserable I am with one sorrow piled on another! I gave birth to seven children, and now I’m nobody’s mother!
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