so that you may know the certainty of the story which you have been taught by the word of mouth.

All the story laid it up in their hearts, saying "What, then, will this child be?" For the Lord's hands was with him.

"So he debated with himself saying, 'What shall I do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.'

"And he said to himself. 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build larger ones in which I will store all my wheat and my goods.

But the whole story seemed to them but an idle tale; and they disbelieved the women.