2 Samuel 12:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ But all the poor man had was one little female lamb. He had bought it. He raised it. It grew up with him and his children. It shared his food. It drank from his cup. It even slept in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.

⁴ “One day a traveler came to the rich man. The rich man wanted to prepare a meal for him. But he didn’t want to kill one of his own sheep or cattle. Instead, he took the little female lamb that belonged to the poor man. Then the rich man cooked it for the traveler who had come to him.”

⁵ David was very angry with the rich man. He said to Nathan, “The man who did this must die! And that’s just as sure as the Lord is alive.