Daniel 13:19-24

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹ When the maids had gone out, the two elders rose and ran to her, and said: ²⁰ “Look, the garden doors are shut, no one sees us, and we are in love with you; so give your consent, and lie with us. ²¹ If you refuse, we will testify against you that a young man was with you, and this was why you sent your maids away.”

²² Susanna sighed deeply, and said, “I am hemmed in on every side. For if I do this thing, it is death for me; and if I do not, I shall not escape your hands. ²³ I choose not to do it and to fall into your hands, rather than to sin in the sight of the Lord.”

²⁴ Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and the two elders shouted against her.