Because He loved your fathers, He also chose you, their seed, after them, and He brought you Himself out of Egypt with His great strength,

Only the Lord chose your fathers, to love them, and He chose out their seed after them, [even] you, beyond all nations, as it is this day.

And if indeed I continue to live, then shall you deal mercifully with me; and if I indeed die,

[ 20:15A] [should it happen] that the name of Jonathan be discovered by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David.

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

so that you may prove to be sons of your Father in heaven; because He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and He sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Therefore be compassionate, just as your Father also is compassionate.

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, being deceived, being enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,

And Jonathan, Saul's son, [had] a son lame of his feet, five years old, and he was [in the way] when the news of Saul and Jonathan his son came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled. And it came to pass as he made haste and retreated, that he fell, and was crippled. And his name [was] Mephibosheth.

And Memphibosheth said to him, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said to him, Saddle me the donkey, and I will ride upon it, and go with the king; for your servant [is] lame.