¹⁸ Then ^(A)the king held a great feast, Esther’s feast, for all his princes and his servants; he also held a remission of taxes for the provinces and gave gifts ^(B)according to the king’s hand.

^19 (C)And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai ^(D)was sitting at the king’s gate. ^20 (E)Esther had not yet told anyone about her kinsmen or her people, just as Mordecai had commanded her; indeed Esther was doing ^[a]what Mordecai declared that she do, just as she had done ^(F)when she was being brought up by him.