⁴ They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward,^(A) “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?^(B)

⁴ Jonathan spoke^(A) well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king do wrong^(B) to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly.

¹⁷ For it is better, if it is God’s will,^(A) to suffer for doing good^(B) than for doing evil.