Messengers went out at the command of the king and his officials through all Judah and Israel with the following invitation: "People of Israel, you have survived the Assyrian conquest of the land. Now return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and he will return to you.

Runners took this proclamation to every province of the empire. It contained the instructions that on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, all Jews---young and old, women and children---were to be killed. They were to be slaughtered without mercy and their belongings were to be taken.

At the king's command the decree was made public in the capital city of Susa, and runners carried the news to the provinces. The king and Haman sat down and had a drink while the city of Susa was being thrown into confusion.

Mordecai had the letters written in the name of King Xerxes, and he stamped them with the royal seal. They were delivered by riders mounted on fast horses from the royal stables.

At the king's command the riders mounted royal horses and rode off at top speed. The decree was also made public in Susa, the capital city.

My days race by, not one of them good.

But they made fun of God's messengers, ignoring his words and laughing at his prophets, until at last the LORD's anger against his people was so great that there was no escape.

Then Lot went to the men that his daughters were going to marry, and said, "Hurry up and get out of here; the LORD is going to destroy this place." But they thought he was joking.

When Sanballat, Tobiah, and an Arab named Geshem heard what we were planning to do, they laughed at us and said, "What do you think you're doing? Are you going to rebel against the emperor?"

Even my friends laugh at me now; they laugh, although I am righteous and blameless; but there was a time when God answered my prayers.

They all made fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

When the Pharisees heard all this, they made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.

The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him and beat him.

They blindfolded him and asked him, "Who hit you? Guess!"

The people stood there watching while the Jewish leaders made fun of him: "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah whom God has chosen!"

When they heard Paul speak about a raising from death, some of them made fun of him, but others said, "We want to hear you speak about this again."

Some were mocked and whipped, and others were put in chains and taken off to prison.