When his days of service were at an end, he went to his home;

As they pursued their journey He came to a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed Him to her house.

where a woman was present who for eighteen years had been a confirmed invalid: she was bent double, and was unable to lift herself to her full height.

Then He turned to them and said, "Which of you shall have a child or an ox fall into a well on the Sabbath day, and will not immediately lift him out?"

Also to His host, who had invited Him, He said, "When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbours, lest perhaps they should invite you in return and a requital be made you.

Nothing of this did they understand. The words were a mystery to them, nor could they see what He meant.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.'

"Beware of the Scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love to be bowed to in places of public resort and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues or at a dinner party;

or blindfolded Him, and then challenged Him. "Prove to us," they said, "that you are a prophet, by telling us who it was that struck you."