and David said to the Amalekite, "You brought this on yourself. You condemned yourself when you confessed that you killed the one whom the LORD chose to be king."

Your wickedness is evident by what you say; you are trying to hide behind clever words.

There is no need for me to condemn you; you are condemned by every word you speak.

Your words will be used to judge you---to declare you either innocent or guilty."

'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' the king asked him. But the man said nothing.

Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment.

'You bad and lazy servant!' his master said. 'You knew, did you, that I reap harvests where I did not plant, and gather crops where I did not scatter seed?

Well, then, you should have deposited my money in the bank, and I would have received it all back with interest when I returned.