1 Kings 3:25-27

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²⁵ The king said, ‘Divide the living boy in two; then give half to one, and half to the other.’ ²⁶ But the woman whose son was alive said to the king—because compassion for her son burned within her—‘Please, my lord, give her the living boy; certainly do not kill him!’ The other said, ‘It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it.’ ²⁷ Then the king responded: ‘Give the first woman the living boy; do not kill him. She is his mother.’