(Now about five thousand men<n id="1" /> were there.)<n id="2" /> Then<n id="3" /> he said to his disciples, &#8220;Have<n id="4" /> them sit down in groups of about fifty each.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> turned<n id="3" /> to his<n id="4" /> disciples and said privately, &#8220;Blessed<n id="5" /> are the eyes that see what you see!

When<n id="1" /> he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted<n id="2" /> from grief.

But<n id="1" /> the Pharisees<n id="2" /> and their experts in the law<n id="3" /> complained<n id="4" /> to his disciples, saying, &#8220;Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?&#8221;<n id="5" />

When<n id="1" /> morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he looked up<n id="2" /> at his disciples and said:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Blessed<n id="3" /> are you who are poor,<n id="4" /> for the kingdom of God belongs<n id="5" /> to you.p>

Then<n id="1" /> they were all astonished at the mighty power<n id="2" /> of God.p><t /><p class="bodytext">But while the entire crowd<n id="3" /> was amazed at everything Jesus<n id="4" /> was doing, he said to his disciples,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus<n id="1" /> said to his disciples, &#8220;Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe<n id="2" /> to the one through whom they come!

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he said to the disciples, &#8220;The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days<n id="2" /> of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> was praying in a certain place. When<n id="3" /> he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, &#8220;Lord, teach us to pray, just as John<n id="4" /> taught<n id="5" /> his disciples.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Meanwhile,<n id="1" /> when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus<n id="2" /> began to speak first to his disciples, &#8220;Be on your guard against<n id="3" /> the yeast of the Pharisees,<n id="4" /> which is hypocrisy.<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> said to his<n id="3" /> disciples, &#8220;Therefore I tell you, do not worry<n id="4" /> about your<n id="5" /> life, what you will eat, or about your<n id="6" /> body, what you will wear.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus<n id="1" /> also said to the disciples, &#8220;There was a rich man who was informed of accusations<n id="2" /> that his manager<n id="3" /> was wasting<n id="4" /> his assets.