Esther 4:11-16

Esther 4:11-16

[11] All the king's  servants,  and the people  of the king's  provinces,  do know,  that whosoever, whether man  or woman,  shall come  unto the king  into the inner  court,  who is not called,  there is one  law  of his to put him to death,  except  such to whom the king  shall hold out  the golden  sceptre,  that he may live:  but I have not been called  to come in  unto the king  these thirty  days.  [12] And they told  to Mordecai  Esther's  words.  [13] Then Mordecai  commanded  to answer  Esther,  Think  not with thyself  that thou shalt escape  in the king's  house,  more than all the Jews.  [14] For if thou altogether  at this time,  then shall there enlargement  and deliverance  arise  to the Jews  from another  place;  but thou and thy father's  house  shall be destroyed:  and who knoweth  whether thou art come  to the kingdom  for such a time  [15] Then Esther  bade  them return  Mordecai  [16] gather together  all the Jews  that are present  in Shushan,  and fast  ye for me, and neither eat  nor drink  three  days,  night  or day:  I also and my maidens  will fast  likewise; and so  will I go  in unto the king,  which is not according to the law:  and if I perish,