1 Maccabees 2:19-21

New Catholic Bible

¹⁹ However, Mattathias responded in a loud voice: “Even if every nation in the king’s dominions obeys him, each one forsaking the religion of its fathers and agreeing to submit to the king’s commands, ²⁰ I and my sons and my brothers will continue to observe the covenant of our fathers. ²¹ God forbid that we should ever forsake the law and its statutes.