¹² The man said, “The woman you put here with me^(A)—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

¹³ When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; ¹⁴ but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own^(A) evil desire and enticed. ¹⁵ Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;^(B) and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.^(C)

³ Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.^(A)

²⁹ But he wanted to justify himself,^(A) so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

²⁰ “But I did obey^(A) the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. ²¹ The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”

²² But Samuel replied:

²⁴ Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned.^(E) I violated^(F) the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid^(G) of the men and so I gave in to them.

¹⁸ The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”^(A)