Now the mother was to be admired above measure, and worthy to be remembered by good men, who beheld her seven sons slain in the space of one day, and bore it with a good courage, for the hope that she had in God:

2 Maccabees 7:18
After him they brought the sixth, and he being ready to die, spoke thus: Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God, and things worthy of admiration are done to us:

2 Maccabees 7:19
But do not think that thou shalt escape unpunished, for that thou hast attempted to fight against God.

2 Maccabees 7:21
And she bravely exhorted every one of them in her own language, being filled with wisdom; and joining a man's heart to a woman's thought,

2 Maccabees 7:22
She said to them: I know not how you were formed in my womb; for I neither gave you breath, nor soul, nor life, neither did I frame the limbs of every one of you.