2 Maccabees 6:23-25

Good News Translation

²³ But Eleazar made a decision worthy of his gray hair and advanced age. All his life he had lived in perfect obedience to God's holy laws, so he replied,
    Kill me, here and now. ²⁴ Such deception is not worthy of a man of my years. Many young people would think that I had denied my faith after I was ninety years old. ²⁵ If I pretended to eat this meat, just to live a little while longer, it would bring shame and disgrace on me and lead many young people astray.