Second Samuel 12: 1- 7, 10- 17
| 12:1 | Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And when he had come to him, he said to him: “Two men were in one city: one wealthy, and the other poor. |
| 12:2 | The wealthy man had very many sheep and oxen. |
| 12:3 | But the poor man had nothing at all, except one little sheep, which he had bought and nourished. And she had grown up before him, together with his children, eating from his bread, and drinking from his cup, and sleeping in his bosom. And she was like a daughter to him. |
| 12:4 | But when a certain traveler had come to the wealthy man, neglecting to take from his own sheep and oxen, so that he might present a feast for that traveler, who had come to him, he took the sheep of the poor man, and he prepared a meal for the man who had come to him.” |
| 12:5 | Then David’s indignation was enraged exceedingly against that man, and he said to Nathan: “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this is a son of death. |
| 12:6 | He shall restore the sheep fourfold, because he did this word, and he did not take pity.” |
| 12:7 | But Nathan said to David: “You are that man. Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I anointed you as king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul. |
| 12:10 | For this reason, the sword shall not withdraw from your house, even perpetually, because you have despised me, and you have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite, so that she may be your wife.’ |
| 12:11 | And so, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will raise up over you an evil from your own house. And I will take your wives away before your eyes, and I will give them to your neighbor. And he will sleep with your wives in the sight of this sun. |
| 12:12 | For you acted secretly. But I will do this word in the sight of all of Israel, and in the sight of the sun.’ ” |
| 12:13 | And David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David: “The Lord has also taken away your sin. You shall not die. |
| 12:14 | Yet truly, because you have given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, because of this word, the son who was born to you: dying he shall die.” |
| 12:15 | And Nathan returned to his own house. And the Lord struck the little one, whom the wife of Uriah had borne to David, and he was despaired of. |
| 12:16 | And David begged the Lord on behalf of the little one. And David fasted strictly, and entering alone, he lay upon the ground. |
| 12:17 | Then the elders of his house came, urging him to rise up from the ground. And he was not willing, nor would he eat a meal with them. |
Mark 4: 35-40
4:35 And on that day, when evening had arrived, he said to them, “Let us cross over.”
4:36 And dismissing the crowd, they brought him, so that he was in one boat, and other boats were with him.
4:37 And a great wind storm occurred, and the waves broke over the boat, so that the boat was being filled.
4:38 And he was in the stern of the boat, sleeping on a pillow. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, does it not concern you that we are perishing?”
4:39 And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and he said to the sea: “Silence. Be stilled.” And the wind ceased. And a great tranquility occurred.
4:40 And he said to them: “Why are you afraid? Do you still lack faith?” And they were struck with a great fear. And they said to one another, “Who do you think this is, that both wind and sea obey him?”