11 Nor, should I die, will I have a son to bury me.” But with such a lament as this, the holy and God-fearing mother wept for none of them. (WEB) 12 Nor did she divert any of them from death, nor grieve for them as for the dead. (WEB) 13 But as one possessed with an adamant mind, and as one bringing forth again her full number of sons to immortality, she rather urged them to death on behalf of religion. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 16:11–13
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4 Maccabees 16:4–6
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4 Maccabees 15:7–9
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4 Maccabees 15:17–19
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4 Maccabees 14:19–20
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4 Maccabees 15:11–13
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4 Maccabees 15:23–25
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4 Maccabees 16:1–2
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