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Susanna 1:29-37 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

29. In front of all the people they said, “Send for Joakim's wife Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah.” When she was called,

30. she came in with her parents, her children, and all her other relatives.

31. Susanna was so graceful and beautiful

32. that the two wicked men ordered her veil to be removed, so that they might enjoy looking at her.

33. Her family and everyone else were in tears.

34. Then the two judges stood up in front of the people, placed their hands on Susanna's head, and began making their accusations against her.

35. She was crying, but she looked up to heaven because she trusted the Lord.

36. The two men gave the following testimony: “We were walking in the garden when this woman came in with her two servant women. She locked the main gates and asked the servants to leave.

37. Then a young man who had been hiding in the garden came to her, and they lay down together.

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