And he gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child's mother, "This child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a portent that will be much debated??35 you yourself will be pierced to the heart??nd so the thoughts of many minds will be revealed."

Yet the news about him spread more and more, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be cured of their diseases.

Just then he cured many of diseases and ailments and evil spirits, and he gave sight to many who were blind.

But the very hairs on your heads are all counted! You must not be afraid, you are worth more than a great many sparrows!

When he came to himself he said, 'How many hired men my father has, who have more than enough to eat, and here I am, dying of hunger!

who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the coming age eternal life."