Susanna 1:9-23
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9 And they perverted their own mind, and turned away their eyes, that they might not look unto heaven, nor remember just judgments.
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10 And albeit they both were wounded with her love, yet durst not one shew another his grief.
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11 For they were ashamed to declare their lust, that they desired to have to do with her.
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12 Yet they watched diligently from day to day to see her.
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13 And the one said to the other, Let us now go home: for it is dinner time.
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14 So when they were gone out, they parted the one from the other, and turning back again they came to the same place; and after that they had asked one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust: then appointed they a time both together, when they might find her alone.
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15 And it fell out, as they watched a fit time, she went in as before with two maids only, and she was desirous to wash herself in the garden: for it was hot.
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16 And there was no body there save the two elders, that had hid themselves, and watched her.
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17 Then she said to her maids, Bring me oil and washing balls, and shut the garden doors, that I may wash me.
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18 And they did as she bade them, and shut the garden doors, and went out themselves at privy doors to fetch the things that she had commanded them: but they saw not the elders, because they were hid.
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19 Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders rose up, and ran unto her, saying,
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20 Behold, the garden doors are shut, that no man can see us, and we are in love with thee; therefore consent unto us, and lie with us.
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21 If thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee: and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee.
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22 Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death unto me: and if I do it not I cannot escape your hands.
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23 It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.