22
Susanna sighed deeply, and said, "I am hemmed in on every side. For if I do this thing, it is death for me; and if I do not, I shall not escape your hands.
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I choose not to do it and to fall into your hands, rather than to sin in the sight of the Lord."
24
Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and the two elders shouted against her.
25
And one of them ran and opened the garden doors.
26
When the household servants heard the shouting in the garden, they rushed in at the side door to see what had happened to her.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.