But<n id="1" /> they could not reply<n id="2" /> to this.p>

Yet<n id="1" /> Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Peter said, &#8220;Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?&#8221;<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> when Jesus<n id="2" /> noticed how the guests<n id="3" /> chose the places of honor,<n id="4" /> he told them a parable. He said to them,

Then<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;What are these matters<n id="2" /> you are discussing so intently<n id="3" /> as you walk along?&#8221; And they stood still, looking sad.

<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" />

The<n id="1" /> angel<n id="2" /> came<n id="3" /> to her and said, &#8220;Greetings, favored one,<n id="4" /> the Lord is with you!&#8221;<n id="5" />

And who am I<n id="1" /> that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

<p class="poetry">the oath<n id="1" /> that he swore to our ancestor<n id="2" /> Abraham.p> <p class="poetry">This oath grants<n id="3" />p>

and all who heard it were astonished<n id="1" /> at what the shepherds said.

Tax collectors<n id="1" /> also came to be baptized, and they said to him, &#8220;Teacher, what should we do?&#8221;

He told them, &#8220;Collect no more<n id="1" /> than you are required to.&#8221;<n id="2" />

and &#8216;<b><i>with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stonei>b>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />

He said to him, &#8220;What is written in the law? How do you understand it?&#8221;<n id="1" />

He then<n id="1" /> told them a parable:<n id="2" /> &#8220;The land of a certain rich man produced<n id="3" /> an abundant crop,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now large crowds<n id="1" /> were accompanying Jesus,<n id="2" /> and turning to them he said,

If he cannot succeed,<n id="1" /> he will send a representative<n id="2" /> while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">So<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> told them<n id="3" /> this parable:<n id="4" />

But at his gate lay<n id="1" /> a poor man named Lazarus<n id="2" /> whose body was covered with sores,<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> told them a parable to show them they should always<n id="3" /> pray and not lose heart.<n id="4" />