¹⁹ And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me?

⁴ Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.

³ Then the king said, What is your desire, Queen Esther, and what is your request? I will give it to you, even to the half of my kingdom.

² And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.

¹² And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.

³² Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to be their guide out of the land of Egypt; which agreement was broken by them, and I gave them up, says the Lord.

²³ And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?

²⁷ But Jesus took him by the hand, lifting him up; and he got up.

⁵¹ And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.