4 Maccabees 2:10

10 For the law prevails even over affection for parents, so that virtue is not abandoned for their sakes.

4 Maccabees 2:10 In-Context

8 Thus, as soon as a man adopts a way of life in accordance with the law, even though he is a lover of money, he is forced to act contrary to his natural ways and to lend without interest to the needy and to cancel the debt when the seventh year arrives.

9 If one is greedy, he is ruled by the law through his reason so that he neither gleans his harvest nor gathers the last grapes from the vineyard. In all other matters we can recognize that reason rules the emotions.

10 For the law prevails even over affection for parents, so that virtue is not abandoned for their sakes.

11 It is superior to love for one's wife, so that one rebukes her when she breaks the law.

12 It takes precedence over love for children, so that one punishes them for misdeeds.