<p class="poetry">Because of<n id="1" /> our God&#8217;s tender mercy<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the dawn<n id="3" /> will break<n id="4" /> upon us from on highp>

So<n id="1" /> the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising<n id="2" /> God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.<n id="3" />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,

So<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;You<n id="2" /> foolish people<n id="3" /> &#8211; how slow of heart<n id="4" /> to believe<n id="5" /> all that the prophets have spoken!

<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" />

Consider the ravens:<n id="1" /> They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds<n id="2" /> them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

When<n id="1" /> he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned<n id="2" /> these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted<n id="3" /> to know how much they had earned<n id="4" /> by trading.