And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. (12:1)

The rich [man] had exceeding many flocks and herds: (12:2)

But the poor [man] had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. (12:3)

And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. (12:4)

And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, [As] the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this [thing] shall surely die: (12:5)

And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. (12:6)

And Nathan said to David, Thou [art] the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; (12:7)

And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if [that had been] too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. (12:8)

Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. (12:9)

Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. (12:10)

Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give [them] unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. (12:11)

For thou didst [it] secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. (12:12)

And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. (12:13)

Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also [that is] born unto thee shall surely die. (12:14)