Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, {and} to turn away thy wrath from them.

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow {the thing that} good {is}.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

But they cried, saying, Crucify {him}, crucify him.

They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. {shall...: Heb. is the son of death}

And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

And Saul sent the messengers {again} to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works {have been} to thee-ward very good:

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow {the thing that} good {is}.

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

For my love they are my adversaries: but I {give myself unto} prayer.

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, {and} to turn away thy wrath from them.

{And} when they were gone out of the city, {and} not {yet} far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works {have been} to thee-ward very good:

Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this {fellow} hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that {pertained} unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

Behold, {I say, how} they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

From the wicked that oppress me, {from} my deadly enemies, {who} compass me about. {oppress: Heb. waste} {my...: Heb. my enemies against the soul}