¹⁰ Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me;^(A) you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”

¹³ Delilah then said to Samson, “All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.”

He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric

⁴⁸ but Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

³¹ My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before^(A) you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy^(B) for unjust gain.^(C)

¹⁵ Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’^(A) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time^(B) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.^(C)” ¹⁶ With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.

¹⁷ So he told her everything.^(D) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite^(E) dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”

⁷ Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”