And when he came out he could not speak to them, and then they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained dumb.

Mary was greatly agitated at his word, and was revolving in her mind what this salutation could mean.

And behold there came men carrying a paralytic on a bed; and they tried to bring him and lay him before Jesus, but they could not because of the crowd.

He did so; and his hand was restored. But they were filled with fury, and they began to talk over together what they could do to Jesus.

"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.

There came to him his mother and his brothers, and they could not reach him because of the crowd.

"I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

a woman was present who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years. she was bent double, and could not lift herself up at all.

They could not answer this.

"'This fellow began to build and could not finish.'

And he kept trying to see what sort of a man Jesus was; but he could not see because he was short.

But they could not find how to do it, for the people all hung upon him, listening to him.

So they could not lay hold of his sayings before the people; and marveling at his answer, they held their peace.

And they began to question among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do such a thing.

And there arose also a dispute among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest,