7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out ^hinto the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

9 Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.

6 But let him ask in faith, ^lwith no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and ^mtossed by the wind.

12 ^bThese are hidden reefs¹ at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, ^cshepherds feeding themselves; ^dwaterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;