2 Maccabees 7:25-27

Common English Bible

²⁵ When the young man wouldn’t accept the offer by any means, the king appealed to the mother to counsel the boy to save himself. ²⁶ After a great deal of urging, she agreed to try to persuade her son. ²⁷ By leaning toward her son and mocking the savage tyrant, she spoke in their native language: “Son, pity me who carried you in the womb nine months, nursed you for three years, nurtured you, and brought you into this stage of life with care.