But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren,<n id="1" /> and they were both very old.<n id="2" />p>

but<n id="1" /> they could not find a way to do it,<n id="2" /> for all the people hung on his words.<n id="3" />p>

and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm<n id="1" /> came down on the lake,<n id="2" /> and the boat<n id="3" /> started filling up with water, and they were in danger.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> he was casting out a demon that was mute.<n id="2" /> When<n id="3" /> the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak,<n id="4" /> and the crowds were amazed.

But<n id="1" /> other seed fell on good soil and grew,<n id="2" /> and it produced a hundred times as much grain.&#8221;<n id="3" /> As he said this,<n id="4" /> he called out, &#8220;The one who has ears to hear had better listen!&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins<n id="1" /> and loses<n id="2" /> one of them,<n id="3" /> does not light a lamp, sweep<n id="4" /> the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;Suppose one of you<n id="2" /> has a friend, and you go to him<n id="3" /> at midnight and say to him, &#8216;Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,<n id="4" />

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn&#8217;t sit down<n id="1" /> first and compute the cost<n id="2" /> to see if he has enough money to complete it?

<t /><p class="bodytext">John answered,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop<n id="2" /> him because he is not a disciple<n id="3" /> along with us.&#8221;

That<n id="1" /> servant who knew his master&#8217;s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked<n id="2" /> will receive a severe beating.

but (because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers)<n id="1" /> they went a day&#8217;s journey. Then<n id="2" /> they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">One<n id="1" /> day Jesus<n id="2" /> got into a boat<n id="3" /> with his disciples and said to them, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go across to the other side of the lake.&#8221; So<n id="4" /> they set out,

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;When an unclean spirit<n id="1" /> goes out of a person,<n id="2" /> it passes through waterless places<n id="3" /> looking for rest but<n id="4" /> not finding any. Then<n id="5" /> it says, &#8216;I will return to the home I left.&#8217;<n id="6" />

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth<n id="1" /> and laid him in a manger,<n id="2" /> because there was no place for them in the inn.<n id="3" />p>

A<n id="1" /> spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams;<n id="2" /> it throws him into convulsions<n id="3" /> and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing<n id="4" /> him severely.

Jesus replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;A man was going down<n id="2" /> from Jerusalem<n id="3" /> to Jericho,<n id="4" /> and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat<n id="5" /> him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.<n id="6" />

It would be better for him to have a millstone<n id="1" /> tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea<n id="2" /> than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.<n id="3" />

telling them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Go to the village ahead of you.<n id="2" /> When<n id="3" /> you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden.<n id="4" /> Untie it and bring it here.

But<n id="1" /> when a stronger man<n id="2" /> attacks<n id="3" /> and conquers him, he takes away the first man&#8217;s<n id="4" /> armor on which the man relied<n id="5" /> and divides up<n id="6" /> his plunder.<n id="7" />

But Peter said, &#8220;Man, I don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re talking about!&#8221; At that moment,<n id="1" /> while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.<n id="2" />