The angel replied, "I am Gabriel, I stand before God; I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.

But you will be silent and unable to speak till the day this happens, because you have not believed what I told you; it will be accomplished, for all that, in due time."

to deal mercifully with our fathers and to be mindful of his holy covenant,

And the child grew, he became strong in the Spirit and remained in the desert till the day when he made his appearance before Israel.

till all his hearers were amazed at the intelligence of his own answers.

Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

The devil said to him, "If you are God's son, tell this stone to become a loaf."

And after exhausting every kind of temptation the devil left him till a fit opportunity arrived.

and he proceeded to tell them that "To-day, this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

He added, "I tell you truly, no prophet is ever welcome in his native place.

I tell you for a fact, In Israel there were many widows during the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land:

Then they made signals to their mates in the other boat to come and assist them. They came and filled both the boats, till they began to sink.

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralysed man, "Rise, I tell you, lift your mattress and go home."

I tell you, my hearers, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you:

give, and you will have ample measure given you ??they will pour into your lap measure pressed down, shaken together, and running over; for the measure you deal out to others will be dealt back to yourselves."

So Jesus went with them. But he was not far from the house when the captain sent some friends to tell him, "Do not trouble yourself, sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof,

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

When Jesus heard this he marvelled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed he said, "I tell you, I have never met faith like this anywhere even in Israel."

Come, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.

I tell you, among the sons of women there is none greater than John, and yet the least in the Realm of God is greater than he is."

As they were unable to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me, now, which of them will love him most?"

Therefore I tell you, many as her sins are, they are forgiven, for her love is great; whereas he to whom little is forgiven has but little love."

Her parents were amazed, but he charged them not to tell anyone what had happened.

Then he forbade them strictly to tell this to anyone.

I tell you plainly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Reign of God."

and a spirit gets hold of him till he suddenly shrieks; it convulses him till he foams; indeed it will hardly leave off tearing him to pieces.

heal those in the town who are ill, and tell them, 'The Reign of God is nearly on you.'

I tell you, on the great Day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.

For I tell you many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, but they have not seen it: and to hear what you hear, but they have not heard it."

Now Martha was so busy attending to them that she grew worried; she came up and said, "Lord, is it all one to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Come, tell her to lend me a hand."

I tell you, though he will not get up and give you anything because you are a friend of his, he will at least rise and give you whatever you want, because you persist.

So I tell you, ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;

Then it goes off to fetch seven other spirits worse than itself; they go in and dwell there, and the last state of that man is worse than the first."

from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah who was slain between the altar and the House of God ??yes, I tell you, it will all be charged upon this generation.

Meanwhile as the crowd was gathering in its thousands till they trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy,

I tell you, my friends, have no fear of those who kill the body but after that can do no more;

I will show you whom to fear ??fear Him who after he has killed has power to cast you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear Him.

I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of man will acknowledge him before the angels of God;

A man out of the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance";

To his disciples he said, "Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat in life, nor about what you are to put on your body;

Look how the lilies neither spin nor weave; and yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his grandeur was never robed like one of them.

Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them.

I tell you plainly, he will set him over all his property.

I have a baptism to undergo. How I am distressed till it is all over!

You think I am here to make peace on earth? No, I tell you, it is dissension.

I tell you, you will never get out till you pay the last farthing of your debt."

It was at this time that some people came to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

I tell you, no; unless you repent you will all perish as they did.

I tell you, no; unless you repent you will all perish as they did."

But the man replied, 'Leave it for this year, sir, till I dig round about it and put in manure.

It is like dough which a woman took and buried in three pecks of flour, till all of it was leavened."

"Strive to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in and not be able,

'I tell you,' he will say, 'I do not know where you come from; begone everyone of you, you evildoers.'

Just then some Pharisees came up to tell him, "Get away from here, for Herod intends to kill you."

"Go and tell that fox," he replied, "I cast out daemons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I complete my task!

See, your House is left to yourselves. I tell you, you will never see me till the day comes when you say, Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name."

then the host will tell you, 'Make room for him,' and you will proceed in shame to take the lowest place.

No, when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in he will tell you, 'Move higher up, my friend.' Then you will be honoured before your fellow guests.

At the hour for supper he sent his servant to tell the guests, 'Come, things are all ready.'

For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my supper.'"

"Which of you with a hundred sheep, if he loses one, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one till he finds it?

So, I tell you, there will be joy in heaven over a single sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine good people who do not need to repent.

Or again, suppose a woman has ten shillings. If she loses one of them, does she not light a lamp and scour the house and search carefully till she finds it?

So, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over a single sinner who repents."

And I tell you, use mammon, dishonest as it is, to make friends for yourselves, so that when you die they may welcome you to the eternal abodes.

The Law and the prophets lasted till John; since then the good news of the Realm of God is preached, and anyone presses in.

Will the man not rather say to him, 'Get some thing ready for my supper; gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink; then you can eat and drink yourself'?

they were eating, drinking, marrying and being married, till the day Noah entered the ark ??then came the deluge and destroyed them all.

On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in the one bed, the one will be taken and the other left;

I tell you, he will quickly see justice done to his elect! And yet, when the Son of man does come, will he find faith on earth?"

I tell you, he went home accepted by God rather than the other man; for everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

I tell you truly, whoever will not submit to the Reign of God like a child will never get into it at all."

He said to them, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Realm of God,

He went on to tell a parable in their hearing, as he was approaching Jerusalem and as they imagined God's Reign would instantly come into view.

He first called his ten servants, giving them each a five-pound note, and telling them, 'Trade with this till I come back.'

'I tell you, to everyone who has shall more be given, but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken.

But he replied, "I tell you, if they were to keep quiet, the very stones would shout."

"Tell us," they said, "what authority you have for acting in this way? Who was it that gave you this authority?"

He answered them, "Well, I will ask you a question. Tell me,

Jesus said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do."

Then he proceeded to tell the people the following parable. "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went abroad for some time.

till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.'

He said, "I tell you plainly, this poor widow has put in more than them all;

they will fall by the edge of the sword, they will be carried prisoners to all nations, and Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles till the period of the Gentiles expires.

I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

and tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks you, Where is the room in which I can eat the passover with my disciples?'

for I tell you I will never eat the passover again till the fulfilment of it in the Reign of God."

for I tell you I will never drink the produce of the vine again till such time as God's Reign comes."

Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow to-day before you have three times denied that you know me."

For I tell you, this word of scripture must be fulfilled in me: he was classed among criminals. Yes, there is an end to all that refers to me."

blindfolding him they would ask him, "Prophesy, tell us who struck you?"

"Tell us if you are the Christ." He said to them, "You will not believe me if I tell you,

"I tell you truly," said Jesus, "you will be in paradise with me this very day."

By this time it was about twelve o'clock, and darkness covered the whole land till three o'clock,

and could not find his body, but they came to tell us they had actually seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive.

And I will send down on you what my Father has promised; wait in the city till you are endued with power from on high."