4 Maccabees 15:16-18

Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ O mother, tried now by more bitter pains than even the birth-pangs you suffered for them! ¹⁷ O woman, who alone gave birth to such complete devotion! ¹⁸ When the first-born breathed his last it did not turn you aside, nor when the second in torments looked at you piteously, nor when the third expired;