Mary stayed with her about three months and then returned home.

When they saw this they told people about the word which had been spoken to them about the child;

His father and mother were astonished at these words about him,

Now as people's expectations were roused and as everybody thought to himself about John, "Can he be the Christ,"

At the outset Jesus was about thirty years of age; he was the son, as people supposed, of Joseph, the son of Heli,

When he got up to leave the synagogue he went to the house of Simon. Simon's mother-in-law was laid up with a severe attack of fever, so they asked him about her;

When day broke he went away out to a lonely spot, but the crowds made inquiries about him, came to where he was, and tried to keep him from leaving them.

so, when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and make his servant well.

When John's messengers had gone, he proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

The disciples questioned him about the meaning of the parable;

for he had an only daughter about twelve years old and she was dying. As Jesus went the crowds kept crushing him,

(There were about five thousand men of them.) He said to his disciples, "Make them lie down in rows of about fifty."

It was about eight days after he said this, when he took Peter, John, and James, and went up the hillside to pray.

But they did not understand this saying ??indeed it was kept a secret from them, to prevent them from fathoming it ??and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

He knew what they were thinking about, so he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, house after house falls down;

When they bring you before synagogues and the magistrates and authorities, do not trouble yourselves about how to defend yourselves or what to say,

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;

Which of you can add an ell to his height by troubling about it?

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

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

So he summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Hand in your accounts; you cannot be factor any longer.'

He also told them a parable about the need of always praying and never losing heart.

"Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, they are fond of getting saluted in the market-places, of securing the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

He withdrew about a stone's throw and knelt in prayer,

But he disowned him, saying, "Woman, I know nothing about him."

About an hour had passed when another man insisted, "That fellow really was with him. Why, he is a Galilean!"

And Pilate said to the high priests and the crowds, "I cannot find anything criminal about him."

Herod was greatly delighted to see Jesus; he had long wanted to see him, because he had heard about him and also because he hoped to see him perform some miracle.

Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as being an inciter to rebellion among the people. I have examined him before you and found nothing criminal about him, for all your accusations against him.

He asked them a third time, "But what crime has he committed? I have found nothing about him that deserves death; so I shall release him with a whipping."

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

That very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus about seven miles from Jerusalem.

They were conversing about all these events,

"What is that?" he said to them. They replied, "All about Jesus of Nazaret! To God and all the people he was a prophet strong in action and utterance,

Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."