And while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

A bruised reed he will not break, and smoldering flax he will not quench, until he sends forth justice for victory.

And having woven a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And having knelt down before him, they ridiculed him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!

And having spat upon him, they took the reed and were striking him on his head.

And straightaway one of them, after running, and having taken a sponge, and having filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.

He spoke another parable to them. The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which having taken, a woman hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened.