¹³ Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, ^(A)“Blessed are you of the Lord! I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”

¹⁰ Then he said, ^(A)“Blessed are you of the Lord, my daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end than ^(B)at the beginning, in that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich.

² And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and on which you ^(A)put a curse, even saying it in my ears—here is the silver with me; I took it.”

And his mother said, ^(B)“May you be blessed by the Lord, my son!”

¹¹ The Pharisee ^(A)stood and prayed thus with himself, ^(B)‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

¹⁰ So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are ^(A)unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”