Esther 4:11-13

Contemporary English Version

¹¹ there is a law about going in to see the king, and all his officials and his people know about this law. Anyone who goes in to see the king without being invited by him will be put to death. The only way that anyone can be saved is for the king to hold out the gold scepter to that person. And it's been thirty days since he has asked for me.”

¹² When Mordecai was told what Esther had said, ¹³ he sent back this reply, “Don't think that you will escape being killed with the rest of the Jews, just because you live in the king's palace.