"Is there a man of you," he replied, "who has but a single sheep, who will not lay hold of it and lift it out, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day?

"For whoever holds, to him shall more be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever does not hold, from him shall be taken away even what he holds.

At once Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, saying to him. "O little faith! What made you doubt?"

but although they longed to apprehend him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.