And the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.

But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. For his part, he kept making signs to them, and remained dumb.

Soon afterward his wife Elizabeth began to expect a child, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months.

You are to become a mother and you will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,

The angel answered, "The holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason your child will be called holy, and the Son of God.

And your relative, Elizabeth, although she is old, is going to give birth to a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was said to be barren.

Now the time came for Elizabeth's child to be born, and she gave birth to a son.

to register with Mary, who was engaged to him and who was soon to become a mother.

and she gave birth to her first-born son; and she wrapped him up, and laid him in a manger, for there was no room for them at the inn.

And the shepherds went back glorifying God and praising him for all that they had heard and seen in fulfilment of what they had been told.

For my eyes have seen your salvation

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, a message from God came to Zechariah's son John in the desert.

and the holy Spirit came down upon him in the material shape of a dove, and there came a voice from heaven, "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!"

Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his work. He was the son, it was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Eli,

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

the son of Johanan, the son of Resa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri,

the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

the son of Symeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

the son of Serug, the son of Ragau, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah,

the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Maleleel, the son of Cainan,

the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

And the devil said to him, "If you are God's son, tell this stone to turn into bread!"

And he took him to Jerusalem, and made him stand on the summit of the Temple, and said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down from here,

And they all spoke well of him and were astonished at the winning words that fell from his lips, and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son?"

As the sun went down all who had friends sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and cured them.

And demons came out of many people, crying out, "You are the Son of God!" But he reproved them and forbade them to speak, because they knew he was the Christ.

But to let you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth"??urning to the man who was paralyzed he said to him??"I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!"

They were all seized with astonishment, and praised God, and filled with awe they said, "We have seen something wonderful today!"

And he said to them, "The Son of Man is master of the Sabbath."

Matthew, Thomas, James, the son of Alpheus, Simon, who was called the Zealot,

Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who turned out a traitor.

"Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you and spurn the name you bear as evil, on account of the Son of Man.

Soon afterward he happened to go to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great throng of people were with him.

As he came up to the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out; he was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A crowd of the townspeople was with her.

And he answered them, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard. The blind are regaining their sight, the lame can walk, the lepers are being cured and the deaf can hear, the dead are being raised and good news is being preached to the poor.

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!'

Soon afterward he went about among the villages and towns preaching and telling the good news of the Kingdom of God. The Twelve went with him,

When he saw Jesus he cried out and threw himself down before him, and said in a loud voice, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"

And those who had seen it told them how the man who had been possessed was cured.

and said, "The Son of Man must endure great suffering and be refused by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day."

For if anyone is ashamed of me and my teaching the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when he comes with all the glory of his Father and of the holy angels.

And from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my Son, my Chosen! Listen to him!"

And a man in the crowd shouted, "Master, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child,

Jesus answered, "O you unbelieving, obstinate people! How long must I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!"

"You must store up these teachings in your minds, for the Son of Man is going to be handed over to men."

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and wild birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head!"

Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

Which of you fathers, if his son asks him for a fish will give him a snake instead?

Others to test him asked him for a sign from heaven.

As the crowds pressed a round him, he went on to say, "This is a wicked age! It demands a sign, and no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah.

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this age.

I tell you, everyone who will acknowledge me before men, the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God,

And anyone who speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven for it, but no one who reviles the holy Spirit will be forgiven.

You must be ready too, for the Son of Man is coming at a time when you do not expect him."

Father will be against son, and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

Not many days later, the younger son gathered up all he had, and went away to a distant country, and there he squandered his property by fast living.

I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired men!" '

His son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your eyes; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired men!'

for my son here was dead, and he has come to life; he was lost, and he is found!' So they began to celebrate.

But his elder son was in the field. When he came in and approached the house, he heard music and dancing,

But when your son here came, who has eaten up your property with women of the street, for him you killed the calf you have been fattening!'

And he said to his disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not be able to do so.

for just as when the lightning flashes, it shines from one end of the sky to the other, that will be the way with the Son of Man.

In the time of the Son of Man it will be just as it was in the time of Noah.

It will be like that on the day when the Son of Man appears.

I tell you, he will make haste to provide it! But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

And he took the Twelve aside and said to them, "See! we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written in the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

And he shouted, "Jesus, you Son of David, take pity on me!"

And those who were in front reproved him and told him to be quiet, but he cried out all the louder, "You Son of David, take pity on me!"

For the Son of Man has come to search for what was lost and to save it."

Just as he was coming down the Mount of Olives and approaching the city, the whole throng of his disciples began to praise God loudly and joyfully, for all the wonders they had seen,

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What can I do? I will send them my dear son; perhaps they will respect him.'

But he said to them, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?

David then calls him lord. So how can he be his son?"

Then they asked him, "Master, when will this happen, and what will be the sign that it is going to take place?"

There will be signs too in sun, moon, and stars, and on earth dismay among the heathen, bewildered at the roar of the sea and the waves.

Men will swoon with fear and foreboding of what is to happen to the world, for the forces in the sky will shake.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and glory.

As soon as they put out their leaves, you see them and you know without being told that summer is coming.

But you must be vigilant and always pray that you may succeed in escaping all this that is going to happen, and in standing in the presence of the Son of Man."

For the Son of Man is going his way, as it has been decreed, but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!"

Jesus said to him, "Would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?"

As soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the high priests and scribes assembled, and brought him before their council, and said to him,

But from this time on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of God Almighty!"

And they all said, "Are you the Son of God then?" And he said to them, "I am, as you say!"

as the sun was in eclipse. And the curtain before the sanctuary was torn in two.

when he said that the Son of Man must be handed over to wicked men and be crucified and rise again on the third day."

and could not find his body, but came back and said that they had actually seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive.

and learned from them that the Master had really risen and had been seen by Simon.