Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 10:18
Source: Septuagint
Original
18But he said, Even if you take away the organ of speech, yet God hears the silent.
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16Invent, O tyrant, tortures; that you may learn, even through them, that I am the brother of those tormented before.
17When he had said this, the bloodthirsty, and murderous, and unhallowed Antiochus ordered his tongue to be cut out.
— 4 Maccabees 10:18 —
19Behold, my tongue is extended, cut it off; for not for that shalt thou extirpate our reasoning.
20Gladly do we lose our limbs in behalf of God.