Esther 4:11-13

International Standard Version

¹¹ “Every servant of the king and every person in the king’s provinces knows that for any man or woman who goes to the king in the inner court without being summoned there is only^[a] one law—that he be put to death—unless the king holds out the golden scepter to him. Only^[b] then he will live. For these last^[c] 30 days I’ve not been summoned to come to the king.”

¹² They reported Esther’s message to Mordecai.

¹³ Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Don’t suppose that because you are in the palace, you will escape any more than the other Jewish people.^[d]