And {they did not have} a child, because Elizabeth was barren. And they were both advanced {in years}.

And behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day these [things] take place, {because} you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."

He has done a mighty deed with his arm; he has dispersed the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

that today a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, was born for you in the city of David.

and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.

And [after] the days were completed, while they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. And his parents did not know [it],

and [when they] did not find [him], they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.

And he said to them, "{Why} were you searching for me? Did you not know that it was necessary [for] me to be in the [house] of my Father?"

And they did not understand the statement that he spoke to them.

And he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

And demons also were coming out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Son of God!" And he rebuked [them] [and] did not permit them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

And [when they] did this, they caught a very large number of fish, and their nets began to tear.

And [when they] did not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof [and] let him down through the roof tiles with the stretcher into the midst [of them], in front of Jesus.

And amazement seized [them] all, and they began to glorify God. And they were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen wonderful things today!"

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Have you not read this, what David did when he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

And [after] looking around at them all, he said to him, "Stretch out your hand," and he did, and his hand was restored.

For this reason neither did I consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word and my slave must be healed.

And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother.

And he answered [and] said to them, "Go [and] tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear; the dead are raised, the poor have good news announced to [them].

And [when] the messengers of John had departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are in splendid clothing and luxury are in the royal palaces.

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and even more than a prophet!

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another, who say, 'We played the flute for you and you did not dance; we sang a lament and you did not weep.'

And turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house. You did not give me water for [my] feet, but she wet my feet with [her] tears and wiped [them] with her hair.

You did not give me a kiss, but from the time I entered, she has not stopped kissing my feet.

You did not anoint my head with olive oil, but she anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

And other [seed] fell on the rock, and [when it] came up, it withered, because it did not have moisture.

And [as] he got out on the land, a certain man from the town met [him] who had demons and for a considerable time had not worn clothes and did not live in a house, but among the tombs.

And [when] the woman saw that she did not escape notice, she came trembling and falling down before him. In the presence of all the people, she told for what reason she had touched him, and that she was healed immediately.

[While] he was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue ruler's [house], saying, "Your daughter is dead! Trouble the Teacher no longer!"

Now [when he] came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him except Peter and John and James and the father and mother of the child.

And they were all weeping and mourning for her, but he said, "Do not weep! For she is not dead, but is sleeping."

And they began laughing at him, [because they] knew that she was dead.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John has been raised from the dead,

And they did so, and had [them] all sit down.

But they did not understand this statement, and it was concealed from them so that they could not understand it. And they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

And they did not welcome him because {he was determined to go} to Jerusalem.

But he said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead! But you go [and] proclaim the kingdom of God."

For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see [the things] which you see, and did not see [them], and to hear [the things] which you hear, and did not hear [them]."

And Jesus replied [and] said, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who both stripped him and beat [him]. [After] inflicting blows on [him], they went away, leaving [him] half dead.

And the Pharisee, [when he] saw [it], was astonished that he did not first wash before the meal.

Fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

Woe to you, legal experts, because you have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering!"

But if God clothes the grass in the field in this way, [although it] is [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more [will he do so for] you, you of little faith?

And that slave who knew the will of his master and did not prepare or do according to his will {will be given a severe beating}.

But the one who did not know and did [things] deserving blows {will be given a light beating}. And from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be demanded, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will ask him [for] even more.

And he told this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find [any].

So he said to the gardener, 'Behold, {for three years} I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and did not find [any]. Cut it down! Why should it even exhaust the soil?'

And he said to them, "Go [and] tell that fox, 'Behold, I am expelling demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third [day] I will complete [my work].'

Nevertheless, it is necessary [for] me to be on the way today and tomorrow and on the next [day], because it is not possible [for] a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.

But he became angry and did not want to go in. So his father came out [and] began to implore him.

But it was necessary to celebrate and to rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead, and is alive, and was lost, and is found!'"

And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent!'

But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone rises from the dead.'"

He will not {be grateful} to the slave because he did what was ordered, [will he]?

And they answered [and] said to him, "Where, Lord?" So he said to them, "Where the dead body [is], there also the vultures will be gathered."

saying, "There was a certain judge in a certain town who did not fear God and did not respect people.

But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

And they understood none of these [things], and this saying was concealed from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said.

And when he came to the place, Jesus looked up [and] said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because it is necessary [for] me to stay at your house today!"

And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man--you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow!'

He said to him, '{By your own words} I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

And why did you not give my money to the bank, and I, [when I] returned, would have collected it with interest?'

But these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring [them] here and slaughter them [in] my presence!'"

And they will raze you to the ground, [you] and your children within you, and will not leave a stone upon a stone within you, {because} you did not recognize the time of your visitation."

And they did not find anything they could do, because all the people were paying close attention to [what] they were hearing from him.

And they discussed [this] with one another, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

And they replied [that they] did not know where [it was] from.

and the third took her, and likewise also the seven did not leave children and died.

but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and [to] the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,

But that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed in [the passage about] the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and [the] God of Isaac and [the] God of Jacob.

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him!"

And he said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times [that you] know me!"

And he said to them, "When I sent you out without a money bag and a traveler's bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, [did you]?" And they said, "Nothing."

Every day [when] I was with you in the temple [courts], you did not stretch out [your] hands against me! But this is your hour and the domain of darkness!"

And the Lord turned around [and] looked intently at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

But neither [did] Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death {has been done} by him.

For behold, days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and [the] breasts that did not nurse!'

And he said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise."

(this man was not consenting to their plan and deed), from Arimathea, {a Judean town}, who was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

but [when they] went in, they did not find the body.

And [as] they were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, "Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

And he said to them, "What [things]?" So they said to him, "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, a man who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people,

and [when they] did not find his body, they came back saying [they] had seen even a vision of angels, who said [that] he was alive!

And some of those with us went out to the tomb and found [it] like this, just as the women had also said, but him they did not see."

and said to them, "Thus it is written [that] the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,