In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

There will be joy and delight for you,
and many will rejoice at his birth.

While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

Then she gave birth to her firstborn Son, and she wrapped Him snugly in cloth and laid Him in a feeding trough—because there was no room for them at the lodging place.

Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.

And in the prophet Elisha’s time, there were many in Israel who had serious skin diseases, yet not one of them was healed —only Naaman the Syrian.”

In the synagogue there was a man with an unclean demonic spirit who cried out with a loud voice,

While He was in one of the towns, a man was there who had a serious skin disease all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged Him: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

On one of those days while He was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord’s power to heal was in Him.

Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for Him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were guests with them.

On another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was paralyzed.

But He knew their thoughts and told the man with the paralyzed hand, “Get up and stand here.” So he got up and stood there.

They came and woke Him up, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to die!” Then He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves. So they ceased, and there was a calm.

A large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside. The demons begged Him to permit them to enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.

Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.

(For about 5,000 men were there.)

Then He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about 50 each.”

I tell you the truth: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near you.’

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that man’s last condition is worse than the first.”

When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to cross-examine Him about many things;

There is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered, nothing hidden that won’t be made known.

I will do this,’ he said. ‘I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last cent.”

a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for over 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”

“Lord,” someone asked Him, “are there few being saved?”

He said to them,

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.

There in front of Him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.

“‘Master,’ the slave said, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there’s still room.’

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

He also said to the disciples: “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’

no one will say, ‘Look here!’ or ‘There!’ For you see, the kingdom of God is among you.”

They will say to you, ‘Look there!’ or ‘Look here!’ Don’t follow or run after them.

“Where, Lord?” they asked Him.

He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

So He said to them, “I assure you: There is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”

So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’

and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came up and questioned Him:

Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children.

There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

“Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and there will be anguish on the earth among nations bewildered by the roaring sea and waves.

Then he will show you a large, furnished room upstairs. Make the preparations there.”

While He was still speaking, suddenly a mob was there, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss Him,

When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.

Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at Him: “Aren’t You the Messiah? Save Yourself and us!”

There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

The one named Cleopas answered Him, “Are You the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened there in these days?”