For he had O; commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had often seized upon him, and he had been bound with chains and fetters, and kept in confinement; and he broke the bonds, and was driven by the demon into the deserts.

And he went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and he put him on his own beast, and carried him to an inn, and took care of him.

He replied: Alas for you, lawyers, also! for you bind upon men burdens hard to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers,

And ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abra ham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one point of the law to fail.

And the first came and said: Lord, your pound has gained ten pounds.

And the second came and said: Lord, your pound has gained five pounds.

And another came and said: Lord, behold your pound, which I have kept laid away in a napkin.

And he said to those who stood by: Take from him the pound, and give it to him that has ten pounds.