But when they could find no way of doing so because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiling--bed and all--into the midst, in front of Jesus.

But neither of them could pay anything; so he freely forgave them both. Tell me, then, which of them will love him most?"

Then came to Him His mother and His brothers, but could not get near Him for the crowd.

I entreated your disciples to expel the spirit, but they could not."

On once occasion He was expelling a dumb demon; and when the demon was gone out the dumb man could speak, and the people were astonished.

And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.

To this they could make no reply.

saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'

Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.

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

He was anxious to see what sort of man Jesus was; but he could not because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.

But they could not find any way of doing it, for the people all hung upon His lips.

There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.

For from what they could well spare they have all of them contributed to the offerings, but she in her need has thrown in all she had to live on."

Thereupon they began to discuss with one another which of them it could possibly be who was about to do this.

But the whole story seemed to them an idle tale; they could not believe the women.

But, while they still could not believe it for joy and were full of astonishment, He asked them, "Have you any food here?"