And they were all amazed. Then his voice and the use of his tongue were immediately restored, and he blessed God aloud.

His parents used to go to Jerusalem every year at the Passover Festival.

He used this figure also in speaking to them: "No one tears a piece from a new coat and sews it on an old one, or if he does, he will both tear the new one and the piece from the new one will not match the old one.

Give, and they will give to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will pour into your lap. For the measure you use with others they in turn will use with you."

And he used a figure saying, "Can one blind man lead another? Will they not both fall into a hole?

The seventy-two came back delighted, and said, "Master, when we use your name the very demons submit to us!"

He used this figure: "A man had a fig tree growing in his garden, and he went to look for fruit on it, and could not find any.

So in speaking to them he used this figure:

"There was once a rich man, who used to dress in purple and fine linen, and to live in luxury every day.

To some who were confident of their own uprightness, and thought nothing of others, he used this illustration:

Those who were about him saw what was coming and said, "Master, shall we use our swords?"