<t /><p class="bodytext">Then he called the crowd to him and said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Listen and understand.

He called a child, had him stand among them,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus<n id="1" /> called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits<n id="2" /> so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.<n id="3" />

Then his lord called the first slave<n id="1" /> and said to him, &#8216;Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

But Jesus called them and said, &#8220;You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Jesus called the<n id="1" /> disciples and said, &#8220;I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don&#8217;t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.&#8221;