2 Samuel 12:4

Good News Translation

One day a visitor arrived at the rich man's home. The rich man didn't want to kill one of his own animals to fix a meal for him; instead, he took the poor man's lamb and prepared a meal for his guest.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:3

while the poor man had only one lamb, which he had bought. He took care of it, and it grew up in his home with his children. He would feed it some of his own food, let it drink from his cup, and hold it in his lap. The lamb was like a daughter to him.

2 Samuel 12:5

David became very angry at the rich man and said, “I swear by the living Lord that the man who did this ought to die!

James 1:14

But we are tempted when we are drawn away and trapped by our own evil desires.

Judges 19:17

The old man noticed the traveler in the city square and asked him, “Where do you come from? Where are you going?”