Here the servant of a certain Captain, a man dear to his master, was ill and at the point of death;

He went to him, and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. Then placing him on his own mule he brought him to an inn, where he bestowed every care on him.

But I have a baptism to undergo; and how am I pent up till it is accomplished!

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.

And this woman, daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan had bound for no less than eighteen years, was she not to be loosed from this chain because it is the Sabbath day?"

We are bound to make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life, he was lost and has been found.'"

So you also, when you have obeyed all the orders given you, must say, "'There is no merit in our service: what we have done is only what we were in duty bound to do.'"

And he called ten of his servants and gave each of them a pound, instructing them to trade with the money during his absence.

"So the first came and said, "'Sir, your pound has produced ten pounds more.'

"The second came, and said, "'Your pound, Sir, has produced five pounds.'

"The next came. "'Sir,' he said, 'here is your pound, which I have kept wrapt up in a cloth.

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

The Captain, seeing what had happened, gave glory to God, saying, "Beyond question this man was innocent."