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Esther 4:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Esther 4:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 4
Mordecai Persuades Esther To Help. 1 When Mordecai heard all that was going on, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went through the city wailing loudly and sorrowfully. 2 But he came to a halt at the entrance to the king’s gate because no one wearing sackcloth was allowed to go in. 3 (Similarly, in every province to which the king’s edict and order reached, the Jews went into great mourning, with fasting, mourning, and weeping. Many put on sackcloth and ashes.)
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