he is like a [far-sighted, practical, and sensible] man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and yet could not shake it, because it had been securely built and founded on the rock.

Then Jesus’ mother and His brothers came up toward Him, but they could not reach Him because of the crowd.

And a woman who had [suffered from] a hemorrhage for twelve years [and had spent all her money on physicians], and could not be healed by anyone,

I begged Your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.”

He would have gladly eaten the [carob] pods that the pigs were eating [but they could not satisfy his hunger], and no one was giving anything to him.

And the Lord said, “If you have [confident, abiding] faith in God [even as small] as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree [which has very strong roots], ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea’; and [if the request was in agreement with the will of God] it would have obeyed you.

Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, but he could not see because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.

and they could not find anything that they could do, for all the people [stayed close to Him and] were hanging on to every word He said.

They were not able to seize on anything He said in the presence of the people; and being unnerved at His reply, they were silent.

While they still did not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”