and with a loud shout she said: "Blessed are you among women, And blessed is your child!

He has done mighty deeds with His arm. He has scattered those that are proud in the purpose of their hearts.

and the Holy Spirit came down upon Him in bodily form as a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, "You are my Son, my Beloved! In you I am delighted!"

Then the devil said to Him, "If you are God's Son, order this stone to turn to a loaf of bread."

Then he took Him to Jerusalem, and had Him stand on the tip-top turret of the temple, and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down from here,

"Ha! What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are God's Holy One."

Even demons came out of many people, shrieking and saying, "You are the Son of God!" But He reproved them and would not let them speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.

When He saw their faith, He said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."

Jesus saw that they were arguing, and answered them: "Why are you arguing so in your hearts?

Which is easier, to say 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say 'Get up and start walking'?

Now the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling at His disciples, and were saying, "Why are you eating and drinking with tax-collectors and notorious sinners?"

And some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath?"

Then He fixed His eyes upon His disciples, and began to speak. "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours!

Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be completely satisfied! Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you will laugh!

Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you, and spurn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

But a curse on you who are rich, for you are now receiving your comforts in full.

So John called two of them to him and sent them to the Lord, to ask, "Are you the One who was to come, or should we continue to look for someone else?"

So the men went to Him and said, "John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the One who was to come, or should we continue to look for someone else?'"

And so He answered them, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind are seeing and the crippled are walking, the lepers are being healed and the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised and the poor are having the good news preached to them.

If not, what did you go out there to see? A man dressed in silks and satins? No. People who dress gorgeously and live luxuriously are found in royal palaces.

So to what can I compare the men of this age, and what are they like?

They are like little children sitting in the market-place and calling to their fellows in the game: "'We played the wedding march for you, but you did not dance. We sang the funeral dirge, but you did not mourn.'

But wisdom is vindicated by all who are truly wise."

Simon answered, "The one, I suppose, for whom he canceled most." Then He said, "You are correct in your judgment."

Therefore, I tell you, her sins, as many as they are, are forgiven, for she has loved me so much. But the one who has little to be forgiven loves me little."

And He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven!"

So He said, "You are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are told in stories, so that they may look and not see, may hear and not understand.

And the portion of them falling among the thorns illustrates those who hear it, but as soon as they pass on they are choked out by the worries and wealth and pleasures of life, and thus yield no mature fruit.

So it was reported to Him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside; they want to see you."

Then He answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and practice it."

So they came to Him and woke Him up, and said, "Master, Master, we are perishing? Then He aroused Himself and reproved the wind and the surge of the water, and they stopped at once and instantly there came a calm.

Then Jesus said, "Who was it that touched me?" But as all were denying that they had done so, Peter said, "Master, the crowds are jamming you and jostling you."

As the day began to decline, the Twelve came up and said to Him, "Send the crowd off to the villages and farms around, to get lodging and to find food there, for we are in a destitute place here."

So He was saying to them: "The harvest is plentiful, but the reapers are scarce. So pray the Lord of the harvest to send out reapers to His harvest-field.

'We are wiping off against you the very dust from your town that has stuck to our feet. But understand this, the kingdom of God is close by.'

And you, Capernaum, are you to be exalted to heaven? No, you are to go down to the regions of the dead.

Now the seventy returned and joyously reported, "Lord, even the demons are submitting to us in your name."

However, you must stop rejoicing over the fact that the spirits are submitting to you, but continue to rejoice that your names are enrolled in heaven."

Then He turned to His disciples when they were alone, and said, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you are seeing.

For I tell you, many prophets and kings have wished to see what you are seeing, but they did not, and to hear what you are hearing, but they did not."

The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and vexed about many things.

And suppose he answers from inside, 'Stop bothering me; the door is now locked, and my children are packed about me in bed; I cannot get up and give you any.'

But He said, "Yes, but better still, blessed are those who listen to God's message and practice it!"

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees have the habit of cleaning the outside of your cups and dishes, but inside you yourselves are full of greed and wickedness.

A curse on you, because you are like unmarked graves which men walk over without knowing it!"

Then an expert in the law interrupted Him and said, "Teacher, in saying this you are insulting us, too."

Are not sparrows sold five for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten by God!

Yes, the very hairs on your heads have all been counted by God! Stop being afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Now when they are bringing you before the synagogues or the magistrates or the authorities, never worry about how to defend yourselves, or what to say,

And then He said to them, "Be ever on the alert and always on your guard against every form of greed, because a man's life does not consist in his possessions, even though they are abundant."

Just think of the ravens! For they neither sow nor reap, they have no storehouses nor barns, and yet God continues to feed them. How much more are you worth than the birds!

For all these are the very things the nations of the world are greedily trying to get, and surely your Father well knows that you need them.

Happy are those slaves whom the master, when he comes, will find on the watch for him. I solemnly say to you, he will tighten his belt and have them sit at table, and he will go around and wait on them.

Whether he comes before or after midnight, if he finds them so, happy are they.

So you, too, must always be ready, for at an hour that you are not expecting, the Son of Man will come."

For instance, when you are on the way to court with your opponent, take the utmost pains on the way to get entirely rid of him, so that he may not rush you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the sheriff, and the sheriff put you in prison.

As soon as Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disease!"

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured her on the Sabbath, answered the crowd, "There are six days on which people must work; so come on these and be cured, but not on the Sabbath."

And someone asked Him, "Lord, are only a few to be saved?" And He said to them,

And so there are those now last who will be first then, and there are those now first who will then be last."

"O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! The city that continues to murder the prophets, and to stone those who are sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings. But you refused!

"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding supper, never take the best place, for someone of greater distinction than you may have been invited,

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.

But when you give a reception, make it your habit to invite people that are poor, maimed, crippled, or blind.

So he called the manager to him and said, 'What is this that I am hearing about you? Balance your accounts and show how you are conducting my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer.'

Then He said to them, "You are the men who exhibit your uprightness before the public, but God knows your hearts. For what stands high in the sight of men is detestable in the sight of God.

But Abraham said, 'My child, remember that you received in full your blessings in your lifetime, and Lazarus his hardships in his, but now he is continuously comforted here, while you are continuously tortured there.

So you too, when you do all that you are ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done.'"

And Jesus said, "Were not ten cured? Where are the other nine?

So He said, "The things impossible for men are possible for God."

Now He took the Twelve aside and said to them, "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the people that are lost."

For I lived in constant dread of you, because you are a stern man, you pick up what you did not put down, you reap what you did not sow.'

And if anyone asks you why you are untying it, you are to answer, 'The Lord needs it.'"

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

and said: "If today you yourself had only known the conditions of peace! But now they are hidden from you.

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

Jesus said to them, "The people of this world marry and are married,

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

For they cannot die again. They are like the angels, and since they are reborn in the resurrection, are children of God.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses at the bush has demonstrated, when he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

"As for all this that you are admiring, the time is coming when not one stone will be left upon another, that will not be torn down."

for these are the days of vengeance when all that is written in the Scriptures will be fulfilled.

Alas for the women who are pregnant and those who have nursing babies in those days! For there will be great misery in the land and wrath on this people.

men fainting with fear and apprehension of the things that are to come upon the world, for the powers of the sky will be shaken.

For it will come upon all who are living anywhere on the face of the earth,

But He said to them, "The kings of the heathen lord it over them and those who exercise authority over them are given the title of 'Benefactor.'

But you are not to do so. On the contrary, the greatest among you must be like the youngest and the leader as the servant.

So they said, "Lord, look! here are two swords!" And He answered them, "Enough!"

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet, not my will but always yours be done!"

Then He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep praying that you may not be subjected to temptation."

A little later a man looked at him and said, "You are one of them too." But Peter said, "Man, I am not."

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

Then they all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" And He answered, "Yes, I am."

Then Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And He answered him, "Yes, I am."

For a time is coming when people will say, 'Happy are the women who are childless, and the women who have never borne and nursed babies!'

and to say, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

Now one of the criminals who were hanging from their crosses kept abusing Him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Then save yourself and us too!"

But the other one reproved him and said, "Do you not fear even God when you are suffering the same penalty?

And we are suffering it justly, for we are getting our deserts for what we have done, but this man has done nothing wrong."