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Esther 7:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Esther 7:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor with you, O king, and if it pleases your majesty, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request. 4 For I and my people have been handed over to destruction, slaughter, and extinction. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have not said anything, because such distress would not be reason enough to disturb the king.”[a]
5 Then King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther, “Who is it and where is the one who has done such a thing?”
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- Esther 7:4 Esther plays skillfully on the sentiments of the king and upon an ever-important subject: finances.