Related for Megillah 37:16
ומ"ד מאיש יהודי מה ראה מרדכי דאיקני בהמן על ככה דשוי נפשיה ע"ז ומה הגיע אליהם דאתרחיש ניסא
He who says that it should be read from “There was a Jew” [interprets thus]: What had Mordecai seen that he provoked Haman? “In that matter”, that he made himself an object of idolatry. “And what came upon them”? That a miracle occurred.
Tosefta Megillah
The obligation of the Megillah [is to read it] from the beginning until the end, the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehuda says, from [the words] "A Jewish man" (Esther 2:5). Rabbi Yosei says, from [the words], "After these events" (Esther 3:1). Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar, from "That night" (Esther 6:1). But all agree that [regardless of the point at which one started], the obligation is to complete [the Megillah] until the very end.
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