2 Samuel 12:1–6
1 Then the Lord sent aNathan to David. And bhe came to him and 1said,
“There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.
2 “The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.
3 “But the poor man had nothing except aone little ewe lamb
Which he bought and nourished;
And it grew up together with him and his children.
It would eat of his 1bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom,
And was like a daughter to him.
4 “Now a traveler came to the rich man,
And he 1was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd,
To prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him;
Rather he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
5 Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, surely the man who has done this 1adeserves to die.
6 “He must make restitution for the lamb afourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion.”