⁷ And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why^(A) did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?^(B) If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

⁵ And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

¹⁰ “What!” exclaimed the king of Israel. “Has the Lord called us three kings together only to deliver us into the hands of Moab?”

¹⁷ Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?^{(A) 18} Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?

²⁰ He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith^(A) as small as a mustard seed,^(B) you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.^(C) Nothing will be impossible for you.”

¹⁷ “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”

Jeremiah’s Complaint

² “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River^(A) into the land^(B) I am about to give to them^(C)—to the Israelites. ³ I will give you every place where you set your foot,^(D) as I promised Moses.^{(E) 4} Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon,^(F) and from the great river, the Euphrates^(G)—all the Hittite^(H) country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.^(I)