When they could not get him near to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof under which he stood, and after making an opening, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.

He went on to say. "Is the lamp brought in to be put under the bushel or the bed? Is it not rather to be put on the lamp-stand?

yet when sown shoots up and becomes larger than any plant, sending out such branches that the wild birds build their nests under its shadow."

and if any place does not receive you, or listen to you, as you go out of it shake off the dust under your feet, as a warning to them."

"True, Master," she answered, "but the dogs under the table do pick up the children's crumbs."