and not being able to come nigh him because of the crowd, they stripped off the roofing of the house where he was; and having broken a way through, they let down with ropes the couch, on which the paralytic lay.

And he spoke to his disciples that a little boat should be ready for him, because of the crowd, lest they should press upon him:

Because they said, he hath an unclean spirit.

And some fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much mold, and immediately it sprung up, because it had no depth of earth:

and when the sun arose it was scorched up; and because it had not root, it withered away.

But when the grain is ready, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because harvest is come.

For Herod himself had sent and seized upon John, and bound him in prison, for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.

because it entereth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the vault, carrying off all the impurities of the food.

And they talked the matter over among themselves, saying, This is because we have no loaves of bread.

And Jesus knowing it said unto them, Why reason ye together, because ye have no loaves? Do ye not yet consider, nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?

Then John addressed him, saying, Master, we saw a person in thy name casting out devils, who followeth us not: and we forbad him, because he did not follow us.

For whosoever shall give you even a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to the Messiah, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

And the scribes and chief priests heard him, and sought how they might destroy him: for they were afraid of him, because all the people were exceedingly struck with his teaching,

Afterwards he shewed himself to the eleven, as they were sitting at table, and upbraided them for their infidelity and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he was risen.