When<n id="1" /> the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news<n id="2" /> in the town<n id="3" /> and countryside.

And if<n id="1" /> this is how God clothes the wild grass,<n id="2" /> which is here<n id="3" /> today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven,<n id="4" /> how much more<n id="5" /> will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

So he went and worked for<n id="1" /> one of the citizens of that country, who<n id="2" /> sent him to his fields to feed pigs.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Now his older son was in the field. As<n id="1" /> he came and approached the house, he heard music<n id="2" /> and dancing.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Would any one of you say<n id="1" /> to your slave<n id="2" /> who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, &#8216;Come at once and sit down for a meal&#8217;?<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">As<n id="1" /> they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene,<n id="2" /> who was coming in from the country.<n id="3" /> They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus.<n id="4" />

But one after another they all<n id="1" /> began to make excuses.<n id="2" /> The first said to him, &#8216;I have bought a field,<n id="3" /> and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.&#8217;<n id="4" />

On that day, anyone who is on the roof,<n id="1" /> with his goods in the house, must not come down<n id="2" /> to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

Now the day began to draw to a close,<n id="1" /> so<n id="2" /> the twelve came and said to Jesus,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging<n id="4" /> and food, because we are in an isolated place.&#8221;<n id="5" />