Daniel 13:58-64

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵⁸ Now then, tell me: Under what tree did you catch them being intimate with each other?” He answered, “Under an evergreen oak.”^{[a] 59} And Daniel said to him, “Very well! You also have lied against your own head, for the angel of God is waiting with his sword to saw^[b] you in two, that he may destroy you both.”

⁶⁰ Then all the assembly shouted loudly and blessed God, who saves those who hope in him. ⁶¹ And they rose against the two elders, for out of their own mouths Daniel had convicted them of bearing false witness; ⁶² and they did to them as they had wickedly planned to do to their neighbor; acting in accordance with the law of Moses, they put them to death. Thus innocent blood was saved that day.

⁶³ And Hilki′ah and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna, and so did Jo′akim her husband and all her kindred, because nothing shameful was found in her. ⁶⁴ And from that day onward Daniel had a great reputation among the people.