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And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
