Then she exclaimed with a loud cry:

“You are the most blessed of women,
and your child will be blessed!

and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a physical appearance like a dove. And a voice came from heaven:

You are My beloved Son.
I take delight in You!

The Devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

So he took Him to Jerusalem, had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.

“Leave us alone! What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Also, demons were coming out of many, shouting and saying, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Messiah.

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.”

Seeing their faith He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.”

But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, “Why are you thinking this in your hearts?

Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Then looking up at His disciples, He said:

You who are poor are blessed,
because the kingdom of God is yours.

You who are now hungry are blessed,
because you will be filled.
You who now weep are blessed,
because you will laugh.

You are blessed when people hate you,
when they exclude you, insult you,
and slander your name as evil
because of the Son of Man.

But woe to you who are rich,
for you have received your comfort.

Woe to you who are now full,
for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who are now laughing,
for you will mourn and weep.

If you do what is good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs aren’t gathered from thornbushes, or grapes picked from a bramble bush.

and sent them to the Lord, asking, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?”

When the men reached Him, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask You, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

He replied to them, “Go and report to John the things you have seen and heard: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft robes? Look, those who are splendidly dressed and live in luxury are in royal palaces.

“To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other:

We played the flute for you,
but you didn’t dance;
we sang a lament,
but you didn’t weep!

Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the Devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing.

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.

But the seed in the good ground—these are the ones who, having heard the word with an honest and good heart, hold on to it and by enduring, bear fruit.

He was told, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”

But He replied to them, “My mother and My brothers are those who hear and do the word of God.”

“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are hemming You in and pressing against You.”

Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”

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

He told them: “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.

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

‘We are wiping off as a witness against you even the dust of your town that clings to our feet. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’

However, don’t rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Then turning to His disciples He said privately, “The eyes that see the things you see are blessed!

The Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things,

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.

As He was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “The womb that bore You and the one who nursed You are blessed!”

He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!”

But the Lord said to him: “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.

“Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves; the people who walk over them don’t know it.”

Then He said: “Woe also to you experts in the law! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, yet you yourselves don’t touch these burdens with one of your fingers.

Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.

Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight.

Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows!

Consider the ravens: They don’t sow or reap; they don’t have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than the birds?

If he comes in the middle of the night, or even near dawn, and finds them alert, those slaves are blessed.

“Lord,” Peter asked, “are You telling this parable to us or to everyone?”

As you are going with your adversary to the ruler, make an effort to settle with him on the way. Then he won’t drag you before the judge, the judge hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.

When Jesus saw her, He called out to her, “Woman, you are free of your disability.”

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,

Note this: Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.

“But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

On the contrary, when you host a banquet, invite those who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind.

“‘Son,’ he said to him, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted astutely. For the sons of this age are more astute than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

“‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”

Then Jesus said, “Were not 10 cleansed? Where are the nine?

Then He told the disciples: “The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.

On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back.

Then He took the Twelve aside and told them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say this: ‘The Lord needs it.’”

As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?”

and said to Him: “Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Who is it who gave You this authority?”

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

“Well then,” He told them, “give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

Jesus told them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

For they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection.

Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

He is not God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to Him.”

“Teacher,” they asked Him, “so when will these things be? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?”

Then He said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains! Those inside the city must leave it, and those who are in the country must not enter it,

because these are days of vengeance to fulfill all the things that are written.

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the celestial powers will be shaken.

“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

But He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles dominate them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’

You are the ones who stood by Me in My trials.

“Lord,” they said, “look, here are two swords.”

“Enough of that!” He told them.

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup away from Me—nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.”

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation.”

but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

They said, “If You are the Messiah, tell us.”

But He said to them, “If I do tell you, you will not believe.

They all asked, “Are You, then, the Son of God?”

And He said to them, “You say that I am.”

So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

He answered him, “You have said it.”

Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘The women without children, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed, are fortunate!’

[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.