Esther 4:15
13 he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
16 “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
17 So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
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- Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
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- Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai,
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- Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,
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- And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:
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- And Esther said to return to Mordecai:
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- Da sa Ester at det skulle gis Mordekai dette svar:
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- Da svarte Ester Mordekai:
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- Da sa Ester at det skulde gis Mordekai dette svar: