Have you suffered so many things for nothing? – if indeed it was for nothing.

Although Jesus ¹  had performed ²  so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,

There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.

but he answered ¹  his father, ‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave ²  for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet ³  you never gave me even a goat ⁴  so that I could celebrate with my friends!