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4 Maccabees 16:2
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4 Maccabees 14:10–12
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4 Maccabees 1:8–10
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4 Maccabees 6:34–35
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4 Maccabees 16:13–15
13 But as one possessed with an adamant mind, and as one bringing forth again her full number of sons to immortality, she rather urged them to death on behalf of religion. (WEB) 14 O woman, soldier of God for religion, you, aged and a female, have conquered through endura… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 15:29–31
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4 Maccabees 13:1–2
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4 Maccabees 7:15–17
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