2 Maccabees 7:21-23

Common English Bible

²¹ She encouraged each of them in their native language. Filled with noble thoughts, she fired up her womanly reasoning with manly courage, saying to them, ²² “I don’t know how you grew in my womb, nor did I grant the breath of life to you or arrange what makes you who you are. ²³ For this reason, the creator of the world—who brought about the beginning of humanity and searched out the origin of all things—will again mercifully give you both spirit and life, since you disregard yourselves because of his laws.”