1 (NIV) The LORD sent Nathan
to David. When he came to him, he said, ÒThere were
two men in a certain town, one rich and the
other poor. 2 The rich man had a very large number of
sheep and cattle, 3 but the poor man had nothing
except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised
it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in
his arms. It was like a daughter to him. 4 Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.Ó