1 Maccabees 3:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ However, when they observed the army that was gathered to do battle with them, his soldiers said to Judas, “How can we, as few as we are, fight against so great a multitude? Besides, we are faint with hunger, for we have eaten nothing all day.” ¹⁸ But Judas replied, “It is easy for many to be defeated by a few. In the sight of Heaven,^[a] there is no distinction between deliverance by many and deliverance by a few. ¹⁹ Victory in war does not depend upon the size of the fighting force, but rather upon the strength that comes from Heaven.