He<n id="1" /> was longing to eat<n id="2" /> the carob pods<n id="3" /> the pigs were eating, but<n id="4" /> no one gave him anything.

And if you haven&#8217;t been trustworthy<n id="1" /> with someone else&#8217;s property,<n id="2" /> who will give you your own<n id="3" />?

He<n id="1" /> will be great,<n id="2" /> and will be called the Son of the Most High,<n id="3" /> and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father<n id="4" /> David.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;So<n id="1" /> I tell you: Ask,<n id="2" /> and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door<n id="3" /> will be opened for you.

So<n id="1" /> the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, &#8216;Give this man your place.&#8217; Then, ashamed,<n id="2" /> you will begin to move to the least important<n id="3" /> place.

The<n id="1" /> younger of them said to his<n id="2" /> father, &#8216;Father, give me the share of the estate<n id="3" /> that will belong<n id="4" /> to me.&#8217; So<n id="5" /> he divided his<n id="6" /> assets between them.<n id="7" />

And immediately he regained<n id="1" /> his sight and followed Jesus,<n id="2" /> praising<n id="3" /> God. When<n id="4" /> all the people saw it, they too<n id="5" /> gave praise to God.p>

And he summoned ten of his slaves,<n id="1" /> gave them ten minas,<n id="2" /> and said to them, &#8216;Do business with these until I come back.&#8217;

Why then didn&#8217;t you put<n id="1" /> my money in the bank,<n id="2" /> so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?&#8217;

And he said to his attendants,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has ten.&#8217;<n id="2" />

&#8216;I tell you that everyone who has will be given more,<n id="1" /> but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.<n id="2" />

When harvest time came, he sent a slave<n id="1" /> to the tenants so that they would give<n id="2" /> him his portion of the crop.<n id="3" /> However, the tenants beat his slave<n id="4" /> and sent him away empty-handed.

He will come and destroy<n id="1" /> those tenants and give the vineyard to others.&#8221;<n id="2" /> When the people<n id="3" /> heard this, they said, &#8220;May this never happen!&#8221;<n id="4" />

For I will give you the words<n id="1" /> along with the wisdom<n id="2" /> that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

how he entered the house of God, took<n id="1" /> and ate the sacred bread,<n id="2" /> which is not lawful<n id="3" /> for any to eat but the priests alone, and<n id="4" /> gave it to his companions?&#8221;<n id="5" />

He<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;You have been given<n id="2" /> the opportunity to know<n id="3" /> the secrets<n id="4" /> of the kingdom of God,<n id="5" /> but for others they are in parables, so that <b><i>although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understandi>b>.<n id="6" />p>

So listen carefully,<n id="1" /> for whoever has will be given more, but<n id="2" /> whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has<n id="3" /> will be taken from him.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks<n id="2" /> and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Look, I have given you authority to tread<n id="1" /> on snakes and scorpions<n id="2" /> and on the full force of the enemy,<n id="3" /> and nothing will<n id="4" /> hurt you.

The<n id="1" /> next day he took out two silver coins<n id="2" /> and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, &#8216;Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.&#8217;<n id="3" />