So ¹  Jesus, when he began his ministry, ²  was about thirty years old. He was ³  the son (as was supposed) ⁴  of Joseph, the son ⁵  of Heli,

(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and ¹  they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.) ² 

He thought his own people ¹  would understand that God was delivering them ²  through him, ³  but they did not understand. ⁴ 

And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

When they saw him walking on the water ¹  they thought he was a ghost. They ²  cried out,

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge ¹  him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected. ² 

But they were startled and terrified, thinking ¹  they saw a ghost. ² 

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down ¹  and began to speak ²  to the women ³  who had assembled there. ⁴ 

and I died. So ¹  I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death! ² 

While the people were listening to these things, Jesus ¹  proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, ²  and because they thought ³  that the kingdom of God ⁴  was going to ⁵  appear immediately.

From where shall I get ¹  meat to give to this entire people, for they cry to me, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat!’ ² 

Everyone was supposed to free their male and female Hebrew slaves. No one was supposed to keep a fellow Judean enslaved. ¹ 

So the people murmured ¹  against Moses, saying, “What can ²  we drink?”

Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

So ¹  the crowds were asking ²  him, “What then should we do?”

He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, ¹  will he? ² 

When the jailer woke up ¹  and saw the doors of the prison standing open, ²  he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, ³  because he assumed ⁴  the prisoners had escaped.

“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, ¹  or fill his belly ²  with the east wind? ³ 

The Lord says, ¹  “The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. ²  They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered. ³ 

His disciples answered him, “Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”