2 Maccabees 7:25-27

New Catholic Bible

²⁵ When the young man paid no heed to his proposals, the king made an appeal to his mother, urging her to advise her son to save his life. ²⁶ After a great deal of encouraging on his part, she agreed to try to persuade him.

²⁷ However, she flouted the king’s wishes by saying to her son in their native language as she leaned close to him: “My son, have pity on me. I carried you in my womb for nine months, nursed you for three years, reared you, and provided for your needs up to this point in your life.