Esther 1:5
When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
Esther 1:5 · bible→bibleEsther 3:13
Letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to p…
Esther 3:13 · bible→bibleEsther 5:11
Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther 5:11 · bible→bibleEsther 7:7
The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
Esther 7:7 · bible→bibleEsther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, "Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?" As the word went out of the king's m…
Esther 7:8 · bible→bibleMatthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which h…
Matthew 2:16 · bible→bibleMatthew 2:18
"A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted, because they are no more."
Matthew 2:18 · bible→bibleMatthew 5:45
that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
Matthew 5:45 · bible→bibleMatthew 8:12
but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Matthew 8:12 · bible→bibleMatthew 10:21
"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Matthew 10:21 · bible→bibleMatthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
Matthew 11:19 · bible→bibleMatthew 13:38
the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
Matthew 13:38 · bible→bibleMatthew 14:21
Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Matthew 14:21 · bible→bibleMatthew 15:26
But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
Matthew 15:26 · bible→bibleMatthew 15:38
Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Matthew 15:38 · bible→bibleMatthew 18:3
and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 18:3 · bible→bibleMatthew 18:25
But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Matthew 18:25 · bible→bibleMatthew 18:28
"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
Matthew 18:28 · bible→bibleMatthew 19:13
Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
Matthew 19:13 · bible→bibleMatthew 19:14
But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and don't forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these."
Matthew 19:14 · bible→bibleMatthew 19:29
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
Matthew 19:29 · bible→bibleMatthew 20:10
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
Matthew 20:10 · bible→bibleMatthew 21:15
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant,
Matthew 21:15 · bible→bibleMatthew 22:24
saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'
Matthew 22:24 · bible→bibleMatthew 23:37
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
Matthew 23:37 · bible→bibleMatthew 27:25
All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"
Matthew 27:25 · bible→bible1 Thessalonians 2:11
As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
1 Thessalonians 2:11 · bible→bible1 Thessalonians 5:5
You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,
1 Thessalonians 5:5 · bible→bibleEsther 1:3
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.
Esther 1:3 · bible→bibleEsther 1:4
He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.
Esther 1:4 · bible→bibleEsther 1:6
There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.
Esther 1:6 · bible→bibleEsther 1:10
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
Esther 1:10 · bible→bibleEsther 1:11
to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful.
Esther 1:11 · bible→bibleEsther 1:12
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.
Esther 1:12 · bible→bibleEsther 1:13
Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for it was the king's custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;
Esther 1:13 · bible→bibleEsther 1:14
and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),
Esther 1:14 · bible→bibleEsther 1:16
Memucan answered before the king and the princes, "Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.
Esther 1:16 · bible→bibleEsther 1:17
For this deed of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to show contempt for their husbands, when it is reported, 'King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she didn't come.'
Esther 1:17 · bible→bibleEsther 1:18
Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's deed will tell all the king's princes. This will cause much contempt and wrath.
Esther 1:18 · bible→bibleEsther 1:19
If it please the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to a…
Esther 1:19 · bible→bibleEsther 1:20
When the king's decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small."
Esther 1:20 · bible→bibleEsther 1:21
This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
Esther 1:21 · bible→bibleEsther 1:22
for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.
Esther 1:22 · bible→bibleEsther 2:1
After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Esther 2:1 · bible→bibleEsther 2:4
and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." The thing pleased the king, and he did so.
Esther 2:4 · bible→bibleEsther 2:7
He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
Esther 2:7 · bible→bibleEsther 2:8
So it happened, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
Esther 2:8 · bible→bibleEsther 2:9
The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him. He quickly gave her cosmetics and her portions of food, and the seven choice maidens who were to be given her out of the king's house. He moved her and her maidens to the best place in the women's …
Esther 2:9 · bible→bibleEsther 2:11
Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women's house, to find out how Esther did, and what would become of her.
Esther 2:11 · bible→bibleEsther 2:12
Each young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifyi…
Esther 2:12 · bible→bibleEsther 2:14
In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second women's house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.
Esther 2:14 · bible→bibleEsther 2:17
The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Esther 2:17 · bible→bibleEsther 2:18
Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king's bounty.
Esther 2:18 · bible→bibleEsther 2:21
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
Esther 2:21 · bible→bibleEsther 2:22
This thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king in Mordecai's name.
Esther 2:22 · bible→bibleEsther 2:23
When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king's presence.
Esther 2:23 · bible→bibleEsther 3:1
After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
Esther 3:1 · bible→bibleEsther 3:2
All the king's servants who were in the king's gate bowed down, and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn't bow down or pay him homage.
Esther 3:2 · bible→bibleEsther 3:3
Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the king's commandment?"
Esther 3:3 · bible→bibleEsther 3:4
Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn't listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
Esther 3:4 · bible→bibleEsther 3:6
But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai's people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the Mordecai's people.
Esther 3:6 · bible→bibleEsther 3:7
In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
Esther 3:7 · bible→bibleEsther 3:8
Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people's. They don't keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the ki…
Esther 3:8 · bible→bibleEsther 3:9
If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries."
Esther 3:9 · bible→bibleEsther 3:10
The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
Esther 3:10 · bible→bibleEsther 3:12
Then the king's scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king's satraps, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every pr…
Esther 3:12 · bible→bibleEsther 3:15
The couriers went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
Esther 3:15 · bible→bibleEsther 4:1
Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and wailed loudly and a bitterly.
Esther 4:1 · bible→bibleEsther 4:3
In every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Esther 4:3 · bible→bibleEsther 4:4
Esther's maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this, and the queen was exceedingly grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth; but he didn't receive it.
Esther 4:4 · bible→bibleEsther 4:5
Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend her, and commanded him to go to Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why it was.
Esther 4:5 · bible→bibleEsther 4:7
Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
Esther 4:7 · bible→bibleEsther 4:8
He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her …
Esther 4:8 · bible→bibleEsther 4:9
Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Esther 4:9 · bible→bibleEsther 4:10
Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai:
Esther 4:10 · bible→bibleEsther 4:11
"All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might h…
Esther 4:11 · bible→bibleEsther 4:14
For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Who knows if you haven't come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
Esther 4:14 · bible→bibleEsther 4:16
"Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I peri…
Esther 4:16 · bible→bibleEsther 4:17
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Esther 4:17 · bible→bibleEsther 5:1
Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, next to the king's house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house.
Esther 5:1 · bible→bibleEsther 5:2
When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter.
Esther 5:2 · bible→bibleEsther 5:4
Esther said, "If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him."
Esther 5:4 · bible→bibleEsther 5:5
Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said." So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esther 5:5 · bible→bibleEsther 5:7
Then Esther answered and said, "My petition and my request is this.
Esther 5:7 · bible→bibleEsther 5:8
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said."
Esther 5:8 · bible→bibleEsther 5:9
Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he didn't stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
Esther 5:9 · bible→bibleEsther 5:10
Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
Esther 5:10 · bible→bibleEsther 5:12
Haman also said, "Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with the king.
Esther 5:12 · bible→bibleEsther 5:14
Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet." This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
Esther 5:14 · bible→bibleEsther 6:1
On that night, the king couldn't sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.
Esther 6:1 · bible→bibleEsther 6:2
It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
Esther 6:2 · bible→bibleEsther 6:3
The king said, "What honor and dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?" Then the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him."
Esther 6:3 · bible→bibleEsther 6:5
The king's servants said to him, "Behold, Haman stands in the court." The king said, "Let him come in."
Esther 6:5 · bible→bibleEsther 6:8
let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a crown royal is set.
Esther 6:8 · bible→bibleEsther 6:9
Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, 'Thus sh…
Esther 6:9 · bible→bibleEsther 6:10
Then the king said to Haman, "Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken."
Esther 6:10 · bible→bibleEsther 6:11
Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!"
Esther 6:11 · bible→bibleEsther 6:12
Mordecai came back to the king's gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
Esther 6:12 · bible→bibleEsther 6:13
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you …
Esther 6:13 · bible→bibleEsther 6:14
While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esther 6:14 · bible→