After some time his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. She said,

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!" Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.

After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her.

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him.

No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, 'The old is good enough.'"

After looking around at them all, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored.

After Jesus had finished teaching all this to the people, he entered Capernaum.

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

After Jesus called the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,

Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.'

After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.

Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

"Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, 'Come at once and sit down for a meal'?

Then people will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Look, here he is!' Do not go out or chase after them.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.

After Jesus had said this, he continued on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, "Take this and divide it among yourselves.

Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!"

And after about an hour still another insisted, "Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean."

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And after he said this he breathed his last.