2 Maccabees 7:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ With his final breath, he said: “You accursed fiend, you may send us forth from this present life, but the King of the universe will raise us up^[a] to life eternal, since it is because of our obedience to his laws that we are dying.”

¹⁰ After him, the third brother bore the brunt of their cruel torture. In response to their demand, he immediately thrust forth his tongue and courageously stretched forth his hands ¹¹ as he said: “It was from Heaven^[b] that I received these. For the sake of his laws I disdain them. From him I hope to receive them again.”