19
When the maids had gone out, the two elders rose and ran to her, and said:
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"Look, the garden doors are shut, no one sees us, and we are in love with you; so give your consent, and lie with us.
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If you refuse, we will testify against you that a young man was with you, and this was why you sent your maids away."
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.
23
I choose not to do it and to fall into your hands, rather than to sin in the sight of the Lord."
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.