So they said to one another, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt!"

none of these people will live to enter that land. They have seen the dazzling light of my presence and the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but they have tried my patience over and over again and have refused to obey me.

"Do not put the LORD your God to the test, as you did at Massah.

"But our ancestors refused to obey him; they pushed him aside and wished that they could go back to Egypt.

do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were when they rebelled against God, as they were that day in the desert when they put him to the test.

And so I was angry with those people and said, 'They are always disloyal and refuse to obey my commands.'

It would have been much better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and then turn away from the sacred command that was given them.

What happened to them shows that the proverbs are true: "A dog goes back to what it has vomited" and "A pig that has been washed goes back to roll in the mud."

They spoke against God and said, "Can God supply food in the desert?

It is true that he struck the rock, and water flowed out in a torrent; but can he also provide us with bread and give his people meat?"

While Jesus was saying this, some messengers came from Jairus' house and told him, "Your daughter has died. Why bother the Teacher any longer?"

Jesus paid no attention to what they said, but told him, "Don't be afraid, only believe."