After threatening them further, they released them, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people who were all praising God for what had happened.
The crowds were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the deformed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind able to see, and they glorified the God of Israel. The Feeding of the Four Thousand.
When he said this, all his adversaries were humiliated; and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the splendid deeds done by him. The Parable of the Mustard Seed.
The scribes and chief priests sought to lay their hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people, for they knew that he had addressed this parable to them. Paying Taxes to the Emperor.