And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly.

Immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, *came up accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.

And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

While He was still speaking, they *came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?”