4 Maccabees 14:12-14

Common English Bible

¹² The mother of these seven young men endured the torture of each one of her children.

¹³ You see how a mother’s love for her children is a very complex feeling. Everything is focused on a sympathy that she feels for them deep down inside. ¹⁴ Even animals without understanding have sympathy and love for their young, just as human beings do.