Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man and he said to Nathan, 'As the Lord lives the man who has done this deserves to die and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity.' Nathan said to David "You are the man.' (2 Samuel, 12)
'Because he had no pity.' The punishable sin is not lust, not even adultery, the sin is not do with sex at all. It is a failure of feeling. Not an excess of passion but a lack of compassion.
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