2 Samuel 12:1 Cross References - Great

¹ And the Lorde sent Nathan vnto Dauid. And he came vnto him and tolde hym: there were two men in one cytie, the one ryche, and the other poore.

⁷ And when they tolde it to Ioatham, he went and stode in the toppe of mount Garizim, and lyfte vp hys voyce, and cried, and sayde vnto them: Herken vnto me you men of Sichem, that God maye herken vnto you. ⁸ The trees went forth to anoynt a king ouer them, and sayde vnto the olyue tree: raygne thou ouer vs. ⁹ But the olyue tree sayd vnto them: shulde I leaue my fattenesse, whych both goddes and men prayse in me, and go to be promoted ouer the trees? ¹⁰ And the trees sayde to the fygge tree: come thou, and be king ouer vs. ¹¹ The figge tree answered them: shuld I forsake my swetnes, and my good frute, and go to be promoted ouer the trees? ¹² Then sayde the trees vnto the vyne: come thou and be kyng ouer vs. ¹³ The vyne sayde vnto them: shuld I leaue my wyne wherby I cheare bothe goddes and men, and go to be promoted ouer the trees? ¹⁴ Then sayde all the trees vnto the fyrre bushe: come thou, & raygne ouer vs. ¹⁵ And the fyrre bushe sayde vnto the trees: yf it be true that ye will anoynt me kynge ouer you, then come, & put youre trust vnder my shadowe. Yf no, the fyre come out of the firre busshe, and waste the Cedre trees of Libanon.

¹ It fortuned, that as the kyng satt in his house (after that the Lord had geuen hym rest rounde about from all his enemyes) ² he sayde vnto Nathan the prophet: behold, I dwell now in an house of Cedar trees, but the Arcke of God dwelleth within the curtayne. ³ And Nathan sayd vnto the kyng: go & do all that is in thine hert for the Lord is with the. ⁴ And it fortuned the same nyght that the woord of the lord came vnto Nathan sayeng: ⁵ go and tell my seruaunt Dauid, thus sayth the Lorde: shalt thou bylde me an house to dwelle in?

¹⁷ According to all these wordes and accordyng to all thys visyon, dyd Nathan speake vnto Dauid.

¹⁰ Which when they had tolde Dauid (sayenge: Urias went not downe into hys house.) Dauid sayde vnto Urias: Camest thou not from thy iorney? why dyddest thou not go downe then vnto thyne house? ¹¹ Urias answered Dauid. The arcke & Israel and Iuda dwell in pauylyons: and my Lorde Ioab and the seruauntes of my Lorde lye vpon the flatt erthe: and shall I then go into myne house, to eate, and to dryncke, and lye wyth my wyfe? By thy lyfe and by the lyfe of thy soule, I wyll not do thys thynge. ¹² And Dauid sayde vnto Urias: tarye here this daye also, and tomorowe I wyll lett the depart. And so Urias abode in Ierusalem that daye, and the morowe. ¹³ And whan Dauid had called hym, he dyd eate and dryncke before hym, and he made hym droncke. And at euen he went out to lye on hys couche wyth the seruauntes of his Lord, but went not downe to hys house. ¹⁴ On the morow Dauid wrote a letter to Ioab, and sent it by the hande of Urias. ¹⁵ And he wrote thus in the letter, sayeng: put Urias in the forefront of the sharper battell, and come ye backe from hym, that he maye be smytten and dye. ¹⁶ So whan Ioab beseged the cytie, he assygned Urias vnto a place, where he wyst that stronge men were. ¹⁷ And the men of the cytie cam out, and fought wyth Ioab. And there were certen ouerthrowen of the people, and of the seruauntes of Dauid, and Urias the Hethite dyed also.

²⁵ And Dauid sayde vnto the messenger: thus shalt thou saye vnto Ioab: let not that thynge trouble the. For the swerde deuoureth one as well as another: make thy battell more stronge agaynst the cytye to ouerthrowe it, & se that thou courage Ioab.

⁵ The kynge sayde vnto her: what ayleth the? She answered: I am a wedowe, and myne husbande is deed. ⁶ And thy handmayde had two sonnes, and they two fought together in the felde, (where was no man to go betwene them) but the one smote the other and slewe hym. ⁷ And beholde, the whole kynred is rysen agaynst thy handmayde, and they sayd: delyuer vs him that smote hys brother: that we maye kyll hym for the soule of his brother whome he slue. We will destroye the heyre also. And so they shall quenche my sparkle whych is left, that he shall stere vp (to my husbande) nether name ner issue vpon the erth. ⁸ And the kynge sayde vnto the woman: go home to thyne house, I wyll geue a charge for the. ⁹ And the woman of Thekoa sayde vnto the kynge: My Lorde O kynge, thys trespace be on me and on my fathers house, and the kynge and hys seate be giltlesse. ¹⁰ And the kynge sayd: yf any man saye ought vnto the, bryng hym to me, and he shall hurte the no moare. ¹¹ Then sayde she: lett the kynge remember hys Lorde God, that the auenger of the bloude geather not on heapes together to destroye, and that they slaye not my sonne. And he answered: as sure as the Lorde lyueth there shall not one heere of thy sonne fall to the erthe.

¹⁴ For we must nedes dye, & perysh as water spylt on the grounde, which cannot be geathered vp agayne: Neither doth God spare any soule. Let the kynge therfore fynde the meanes, that hys banysshed be not vtterly expelled from hym.

¹¹ And when Dauid was vp in a morninge, the worde of the Lord came vnto the prophet Gad Dauids sear, sayinge: ¹² go and saye vnto Dauid, thus sayth the Lord: I offer the thre thynges, chose the which of them I shall do vnto the. ¹³ So Gad came to Dauid, and shewed him, & sayde vnto him. Wilt thou haue seuen yeres hunger to come in thy lande, or wilt thou flee .iij. monethes before thyne enemies, they folowinge the, or that there be thre dayes pestilence in thy lande? Nowe therfore aduyse the, & se, what answere I shall geue to him that sent me.

¹ And beholde, there came a man of God out of Iuda (by the worde of the Lord) vnto Bethel, & Ieroboam stode by the aulter to put incense.

¹ After processe of many dayes the worde of the Lord came to Elia in the thyrde yeare, sayinge: go shewe thy selfe vnto Ahab, and I wyll sende rayne vpon the erth.

³⁵ And there was a certen man of the children of the prophetes, which sayde vnto his neyghboure in the worde of the Lorde: smyte me I praye the. And the man wold not smyte him: ³⁶ Then sayde he vnto him. Because thou hast not herkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde: beholde as soone as thou art departed from me, a lyon shall slaye the. And it came to passe, that as soone as he was departed from him, a Lyon founde him, & slue him. ³⁷ Then he founde another man & sayde: smyte me I praye the. And the man smote him, so that in smytinge he wounded hym. ³⁸ So the Prophete went forth, & wayted for the kyng by the waye, & put him selfe out of knowledge wt asshes, which he layed vpon hys face. ³⁹ And when the kyng came by, he cryed vnto the kyng, & sayd: thy seruaunt went out in the myddes of the battell. And beholde, there went awaye a man, whom another man brought vnto me, and sayde: kepe this man. And yf he be myssed or lost, thy lyfe shall go for his: or else, thou shalt paye a talent of syluer. ⁴⁰ And as thy seruaunt had here & there to do, he was gone. And the kyng of Israel sayde vnto hym: euen so shall thy iudgement be, as thou hast defyned it thy selfe. ⁴¹ And he hasted, & toke the asshes awaye from his face: & the kyng of Israel knewe him, that he was of the Prophetes.

³ But the angell of the Lorde spake to Elia the Thesbyte: Aryse, and go vp agaynst the messengers of the kynge of Samaria & saye vnto them: Is there not a God in Israel, that ye go to aske councell at Beelzebub the God of Ekron?

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid, when the prophet Nathan came vnto him, after he was gone in to Bethsabe. Haue mercy vpon me (O God) after thy goodnes: accordyng vnto the multitude of thy mercyes, do awaye myne offences. ² Wash me thorowly fro my wickednesse, & clense me from my synne. ³ For I knowledg my fautes, & my synne is euer before me. ⁴ Agaynst the onely haue I synned, and done this euell in thy syght: that thou myghtest be iustifyed in thy sayinge, & cleare when thou art iudged. ⁵ Beholde, I was shapen in wyckednesse, & in synne hath my mother conceaued me. ⁶ But lo, thou requirest treuth in the inward partes, and shalt make me to vnderstonde wysdome secretly. ⁷ Thou shalt pourge me with Isope, and I shall be cleane: thou shalt wash me, & I shalbe whyter then snowe: ⁸ Thou shalt make me heare of ioye and gladnesse, that the bones whych thou hast broken, maye reioyse. ⁹ Turne thy face from my synnes, & put out all my mysdedes. ¹⁰ Make me a cleane hert (O God) and renue a ryght sprete wythin me. ¹¹ Cast me not awaye from thy presence, & take not thy holy sprete from me. ¹² O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne, & stablysh me wyth thy fre sprete. ¹³ Then shall I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked, and synners shall be conuerted vnto the. ¹⁴ Delyuer me from bloud gyltynesse (O God) thou that art the God of my health, and my tonge shall syng of thy ryghteousnesse. ¹⁵ Thou shalt open my lyppes (O Lord) my mouth shal shewe thy prayse. ¹⁶ For thou desyrest no sacrifyce, els wolde I geue it the: but thou delytest not in burntofferynge. ¹⁷ The sacrifyce of God is a troubled sprete, a broken and a contrite hert (O God) shalt thou not despyse. ¹⁸ O be fauorable & gracyous vnto Syon, buylde thou the walles of Ierusalem. ¹⁹ Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifyce of ryghteousnesse, wyth the burntofferynges & oblacions: then shall they offre yonge bullockes vpon thyne aulter.

¹ Now will I syng my beloued frende a songe of my frendes, because of hys vyneyarde. My beloued frende hath a vyneyarde in a very frutefull plenteous grounde. ² This he hedged, thys he walled rounde aboute, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the myddest of it buylded he a towre, and made a wyne presse therin. And afterwarde when he loked that it shulde brynge him grapes, it brought forth thornes. ³ Now therfore (O ye Cytysens of Ierusalem and whole Iuda:) Iudge I praye you betwixte me, and my vyneyard. ⁴ What more could haue bene done for it that I haue not done? Wherfore then hath it geuen thornes, where I loked to haue had grapes of it? ⁵ Well, now I shall tell you how I wyll do with my vyneyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it maye perysh, and breake downe the wall, that it maye be troden vnder fote. ⁶ I will laye it waste, that it shall nether be digged nor cut, but beare thornes and brears. I will also forbyd the cloudes that they shall not rayne vpon it. ⁷ As for the vyneyarde of the Lord of hostes it is the house of Israel, and whole Iuda hys fayre planting. Of these he loked for equite, but se there is wrong: for ryghteousnesse, lo, It is but mysery.

¹⁷ I am wroth wyth hym for his couetousnes, I smyte him, I hyde me, and am angrye, when he turneth him selfe, & foloweth the by waye of his awne hert. ¹⁸ I haue seen his wayes and I heale hym I lede him and restore to hym comforte, and to those that were sory for him

³³ Herken another symilitude Ther was a certaine man an housholder, whych planted a vineyarde, & hedged it rounde about, & made a wynepresse in it, & bilt a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, & went into a straung countre. ³⁴ And when the tyme of the frute drewe neare, he sent his seruauntes to the husbandmen that they myght receaue the frutes of it. ³⁵ And the husbandmen caught his seruauntes, & bet one, killed another, & stoned another. ³⁶ Againe, he sent other seruauntes, moo then the fyrst: and they dyd vnto them lykewyse. ³⁷ But last of all, he sent vnto them his awne sonne, saying: they wyll stande in awe of my sonne. ³⁸ But when the husbandmen sawe the sonne, they sayd amonge them selues: This is the heyre: come, let vs kyll him, & let vs enioye his inheritaunce ³⁹ And they caught hym, & thrust hym out of the vineyarde, & slewe him. ⁴⁰ When the Lord therfore of the vineyard commeth, what wil he do vnto those husbandmen? ⁴¹ They sayd vnto him: For asmoch as they be euell, he will cruellye destroye them, & will let out his vineyard vnto other husbandmen, which shall delyuer hym the frute in due seasons. ⁴² Iesus sayeth vnto them: dyd ye neuer reade in the scriptures The stone whych the bylders refused, the same is become the heade of the corner: thys is the Lordes doinge, & it is meruelous in youre eyes. ⁴³ Therfore saye I vnto you, the kyngdom of God shalbe taken from you, and geuen to a nacion, whych shall brynge forth the frutes therof. ⁴⁴ And whosoeuer falleth on this stone, shalbe broken in peces: but on whomsoeuer it falleth it shall all to grynd hym. ⁴⁵ And when the chefe Prestes and Pharises had hearde hys parables, they perceaued, that he speake of them.

¹¹ And he sayd: A certayne man had two sonnes, ¹² and the yonger of them sayde vnto the father: father, geue me the porcion of the goodes, that to me belongeth. And he deuided vnto them his substance. ¹³ And not longe after, whan the yonger sonne had gathered all that he had together, he toke his iorney into a far countreye, and there he wasted his goodes with ryotous liuing. ¹⁴ And when he had spent all, ther arose a greate derth in all that land, and he began to lacke, ¹⁵ and went, and came to a citesyn of the same countre: and he sent him to his farme, to kepe swyne. ¹⁶ And he wolde fayne haue fylled his bely with the coddes that the swyne dyd eate: & no man gaue vnto him. ¹⁷ Then he came to him selfe, and sayd: how many hyred seruauntes at my fathers haue breed ynough? and I perishe with honger. ¹⁸ I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and will saye vnto him: father, I haue synned agaynst heauen, and before the, ¹⁹ & am no more worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes. ²⁰ And he arose, & came to his father. But when he was yet a greate waye of, his father sawe him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kyssed him. ²¹ And the sonne sayde vnto him: father, I haue synned agaynst heauen, and in thy syght, & am nomore worthy to be called thy sonne. ²² But the father sayd to his seruauntes: brynge forth the best garment, and put it on him, and put a rynge on his hande, and shoes on his fete. ²³ And brynge hyther that fatt caulfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery: ²⁴ for this my sonne was deed, and is alyue agayne, he was loste, and is founde. And they began to be merye. ²⁵ The elder brother was in the felde: and when he came and drewe nye to the housse, he herde mynstrelsy & daunsynge, ²⁶ and called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges meante. ²⁷ And he sayd vnto him: thy brother is come, and thy father hath kylled the fatt caulfe, because he hath receaued him safe and sounde. ²⁸ And he was angry, and wolde not go in. Then came hys father out, and entreated him. ²⁹ He answered and sayde to his father: Lo, these many yeares haue I done the seruice, nether brake at any tyme thy commaundement, and yet gauest thou me neuer a kid, to make mery with my frendes: ³⁰ but assone as this thy sonne was come (which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlotes) thou haste for his pleasure kylled the fatt caulfe. ³¹ And he sayde vnto him: Sonne, thou art euer with me, and all that I haue is thyne: ³² it was mete that we shulde make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was deed, and is alyue agayne: and was loste, and is founde.

¹⁹ Ther was a certayne ryche man, which was clothed in purple and fyne whyte, and fared deliciously euery dyae: ²⁰ And there was a certayne begger named Lazarus, which laye at his gate full of sores, ²¹ desyrynge to be refresshed with the cromes, which fell from the ryche mannes borde. The dogges came also, and lycked his sores, ²² And it fortuned, that the begger died, and was caryed by the angelles into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed. ²³ And beynge in hell in tormentes, he lyfte vp hys eyes and sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in hys bosome, ²⁴ and he cryed and sayde: father Abraham: haue mercy on me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye dyppe the typpe of hys fynger in water, and cole my tonge: for I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham sayde: Sonne remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, & contrary wyse, Lazarus receaued payne. But now is he conforted, and thou art punisshed. ²⁶ Beyonde all this, betwene vs and you ther is a greate space set, so that they which wolde go from hence to you, cannot: nether maye come from thence to vs. ²⁷ Then he sayd: I praye the therfore father, sende him to my fathers house. ²⁸ (For I haue fyue brethren) for to warne them, lest they also come into this place of tourment. ²⁹ Abraham sayde vnto him: they haue Moses and the Prophetes, let them heare them. ³⁰ And he sayde: naye father Abraham, but yf one come vnto them from the deed, they wyll repent. ³¹ He sayde vnto him: If they heare not Moses and the Prophetes, nether wyll they beleue, though one rose from deeth agayne.