4 Maccabees 15:25-27

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²⁵ For as in the council chamber of her own soul she saw mighty advocates—nature, family, parental love, and the instruments of torture awaiting her children— ²⁶ this mother held two ballots, one bearing death and the other deliverance for her children.^{(A) 27} She did not approve the deliverance that would preserve the seven sons for a short time,