You are to conceive and bear a son, and you must call his name Jesus.

she called out with a loud cry, "Blessed among women are you, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

The crowds asked him, "Then what are we to do?"

Taxgatherers also came to get baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what are we to do?"

Soldiers also asked him, "And what are we to do?" He said to them, "Never extort money, never lay a false charge, but be content with your pay."

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

Then he brought him to Jerusalem and placing him on the pinnacle of the temple said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down from this;

"Ha! Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"

From many people daemons were also driven out, clamouring aloud, "You are God's son!" But he checked them and refused to let them say anything, as they knew he was the Christ.

When he saw their faith he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

Which is the easier thing, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'?

Jesus replied to them, "Healthy people have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill:

Some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not allowed on the sabbath?"

Then, raising his eyes he looked at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you poor! the Realm of God is yours.

Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh.

Blessed are you when men will hate you, when they will excommunicate you and denounce you and defame you as wicked on account of the Son of man;

each tree is known by its fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, and grapes are not plucked from a bramble-bush.

So John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, "Are you the Coming One? Or are we to look out for someone else?"

When the men reached Jesus they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask if you are the Coming One or if we are to look out for someone else?"

So he replied, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the poor the gospel is preached.

Come, what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft robes? Those who are gorgeously dressed and luxurious live in royal palaces.

"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

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."

And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

Those 'on the road' are people who hear; but then the devil comes and carries off the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

Those 'on the rock' are people who on hearing the word welcome it with enthusiasm, but they have no root; they believe for a while and fall away in the hour of trial.

Word was brought to him that "your mother and brothers are standing outside; they wish to see you."

But he answered, "My mother and brothers are those who listen to the word of God and obey it."

they went and woke him up. "Master, master," they cried, "we are drowning!" So he woke up and checked the wind and the surf; they ceased and there was a calm.

Jesus said, "Who touched me?" As everyone denied it, Peter and his companions said, "Master, the crowds are all round you pressing hard!"

Now as the day began to decline the twelve came up to him and said, "Send the crowd off to lodge in the villages and farms around and get provisions there, for here we are in a desert place."

He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves." They said, "We have only got five loaves and two fish. Unless ??are we to go and buy food for the whole of this people?"

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

When they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" (not knowing what he was saying).

He said to them, "The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few; so pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to gather his harvest.

Stay at the same house, eating and drinking what the people provide (for the workman deserves his wages); you are not to shift from one house to another.

Wherever you are received on entering any town, eat what is provided for you,

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

But wherever you are not received on entering any town, go out into the streets of the town and cry,

Only, do not rejoice because the spirits obey you: rejoice because your names are enrolled in heaven."

Then turning to the disciples he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

Next morning he took out a couple of shillings and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Attend to him, and if you are put to any extra expense I will refund you on my way back.'

And suppose he answers from the inside, 'Don't bother me; the door is locked by this time, and my children are in bed with me. I can't get up and give you anything.'

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.

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear and who observe the word of God!"

Woe to you! you are like unsuspected tombs; men walk over them unawares."

One of the jurists said to him, "Teacher, when you say this you are insulting us as well."

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

But the very hairs on your head are all numbered; fear not, you are worth far more than sparrows.

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 at the crows! they neither sow nor reap, no storehouse or granary have they, and yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than birds?

and be like men who are expecting their lord and master on his return from a marriage-banquet, so as to open the door for him at once when he comes and knocks.

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.

Whether he comes in the second or the third watch of the night and finds them thus alert, blessed are they!

Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us, or is it for all and sundry?"

Jesus noticed her and called to her, "Woman, you are released from your weakness."

But the president of the synagogue was annoyed at Jesus healing on the sabbath, and he said to the crowd, "There are six days for work to be done; come during them to get healed, instead of on the sabbath."

A man said to him, "Is it only a few, sir, who are saved?" So he said to them,

Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."

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.'

The father said to him, 'My son, you and I are always together, all I have is yours.

So he summoned every single one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much are you owing to my master?'

So, if you are not faithful with dishonest mammon, how can you ever be trusted with true Riches?

And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, how can you ever be given what is your own?

So he told them, "You are the people who get men to think you are good, but God knows what your hearts are! What is lofty in the view of man is loathsome in the eyes of God.

But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, you got all the bliss when you were alive, just as Lazarus got the ills of life; he is in comfort now, and you are in anguish.

Well, it is the same with you; when you have done all you are bidden, say, 'We are but servants; we have only done our duty.' "

So Jesus said, "Were all the ten not cleansed? Where are the other nine?

Then he took the twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the predictions of the prophets regarding the Son of man will be fulfilled;

'Capital,' he said, 'you excellent servant! because you have proved trustworthy in a trifle, you are placed over ten towns.'

To him he said, 'And you are set over five towns.'

for I was afraid of you, you are such a hard man ??picking up what you never put down, and reaping what you never sowed.'

If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untethering it?' this is what you will say, 'The Lord needs it.'"

As they were untethering it, the owners said to them, "Why are you untethering the colt?"

And if we say, 'From men,' the whole of the people will stone us, for they are convinced John was a prophet."

They put this question to him, "Teacher, we know you are straight in what you say and teach, you do not look to human favour but teach the Way of God honestly.

Jesus said to them, "People in this world marry and are married,

but those who are considered worthy to attain yonder world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are married,

for they cannot die any more; they are equal to angels and by sharing in the resurrection they are sons of God.

And that the dead are raised has been indicated by Moses in the passage on the Bush, when he calls the Lord 'God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob.'

"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;

"As for what you see, there are days coming when not a stone will be left upon another, without being torn down."

He said, "Take care that you are not misled; for many will come in my name saying, 'I am he' and 'the time is near' ??do not go after them.

Then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills, let those who are in the city escape, and let not those who are in the country come in to the city;

for these are the days of the divine Vengeance, in fulfilment of all that is written in scripture.

"Lord," they said, "here are two swords!" "Enough! Enough!" he answered.

He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not slip into temptation."

Shortly afterwards another man noticed him and said, "Why, you are one of them!" "Man," said Peter, "I am not."

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

"Are you the Son of God then?" they all said. "Certainly," he replied, "I am."

Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "Certainly."

For there are days coming when the cry will be, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never have borne and the breasts that never have suckled!'

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing." Then they distributed his clothes among themselves by drawing lots.

saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself."

One of the criminals who had been hung also abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well."

But the other checked him, saying, "Have you no fear even of God? You are suffering the same punishment as he.

And we suffer justly; we are getting what we deserve for our deeds. But he has done no harm."

He said to them, "What is all this you are debating on your walk?" They stopped, looking downcast,

and one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, "Are you a lone stranger in Jerusalem, not to know what has been happening there?"