Esther 6:4-6
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
4 The king said, ‘Who is in the court?’ Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for him. 5 So the king’s servants told him, ‘Haman is there, standing in the court.’ The king said, ‘Let him come in.’ 6 So Haman came in, and the king said to him, ‘What shall be done for the man whom the king wishes to honour?’ Haman said to himself, ‘Whom would the king wish to honour more than me?’
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