4 Maccabees 11:13-15

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¹³ When he, too, had died, the sixth, a mere boy, was led forward. When the tyrant inquired whether he was willing to eat and be released, he said, ¹⁴ “I am younger in age than my brothers, but I am their equal in mind. ¹⁵ Since to this end we were born and bred, we ought likewise to die for the same principles.