For as soon as your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy within me!

Then he asked for a writing-tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." And they were all astonished.

When He stopped speaking, He said to Simon, "Push out into deep water, and set your nets for a haul."

For at the haul of fish that they had made, bewildering amazement had seized him and all his men,

The good man, out of his good inner storehouse, brings forth what is good, the bad man, out of his bad one, what is bad. For a man's mouth usually speaks the things that fill his heart.

As soon as He stepped out upon the shore, there met Him a man from town, who was under the power of demons; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and did not stay in a house but in tombs.

for a friend of mine has just come to my house on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him to eat.'

Now is there a father among you who, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

Or, if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Now as the crowds continued to throng upon Him, He began to say: "This is a wicked age. It is looking for a spectacular sign, but none will be given it but the sign of Jonah.

for at that very moment the Holy Spirit will teach you what you ought to say."

So you, too, must always be ready, for at an hour that you are not expecting, the Son of Man will come."

But if that slave says to himself, my Master is not coming back for a long time, and begins to beat the men and women slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

But I must continue on my way, for it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.'

And he would not for a time, but afterward he said to himself, Though I have no reverence for God nor respect for men,

For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of God."

For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up earthworks around you and surround you and hem you in on all sides,

Then He went on to tell the people the following story: "Once upon a time a man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and then went abroad for a long stay.

But Jesus said, "Permit me to go as far as this!" So He touched his ear and healed him.

Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, for he had been wanting to see Him for a long time on account of what he had heard about Him; also he was hoping to see some spectacular performance done by Him.

So he continued to question Him for a long time, but Jesus gave him no answer at all.

(He was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had occurred in the city and for murder.)

For a time is coming when people will say, 'Happy are the women who are childless, and the women who have never borne and nursed babies!'

Look at my hands and my feet, for it is I, myself. Feel of me and see for yourselves, for a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have."

Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted up His hands and blessed them.