Esther 3:2-4

New King James Version

² And all the king’s servants who were ^(A)within the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai ^(B)would not bow or pay homage. ³ Then the king’s servants who were within the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the ^(C)king’s command?” ⁴ Now it happened, when they spoke to him daily and he would not listen to them, that they told it to Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s words would stand; for Mordecai had told them that he was a Jew.