4 Maccabees 13:21-23

Common English Bible

²¹ They were born after the same amount of time, and drank milk from the same fountains. The same fond embraces nurtured brotherly love in their souls. ²² They grew more fervent as they were brought up together enjoying each other’s company day after day, and being shaped by the same education, particularly their training in God’s Law.

²³ So it is clear, when such mutual sympathy and love for each other had been established, these seven brothers had even more sympathy for each other.