Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!"

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

"Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."

The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"

Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'

Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

"But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

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

John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.

"For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."

"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?

They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."

He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.

But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."

They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.

The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."

But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."

But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of spirit you are.

Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house."

Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.'

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"

Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

Turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,

Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,

and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?

"When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.

But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"

For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."

The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"

One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said to them,

Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

"He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

"His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon."

He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

"But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'

Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"

Jesus answered, "Weren't the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."

He took the twelve aside, and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.

"So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'

for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that which you didn't sow.'

If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'The Lord needs it.'"

As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?" They answered, "Caesar's."

He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.

But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

For they can't die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him."

They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"

Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.

For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

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

men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.

Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.