But the angel said to him, Do not fear, Zacharias. For your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

And behold! You shall conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call His name JESUS.

And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come on you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you. Therefore also that Holy One which will be born of you shall be called Son of God.

He has worked power with His arm, He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

And the time was fulfilled to Elizabeth for her to bear. And she bore a son.

and to offer a sacrifice according to that said in the Law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.

And the Devil said to Him, All this power I will give you, and the glory of them; for it has been delivered to me. And I give it to whomever I will.

and in their hands they shall bear You up, lest at any time You dash Your foot against a stone."

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee. And a report went out throughout all the neighborhood concerning Him.

"The Spirit of the Lord is on Me; because of this He has anointed Me to proclaim the Gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and new sight to the blind, to set at liberty those having been crushed,

And all bore witness to Him and wondered at the gracious words which came out of His mouth. And they said, Is this not Joseph's son?

And they rose up and thrust Him outside the city, and led Him up to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, in order to throw Him down.

And they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, What a word is this! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

And it happened on one of the days, even He was teaching. And Pharisees and teachers of the Law were sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was there, for the curing of them.

And it happened in those days that He went out into a mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.

And all the crowd sought to touch Him, for power went out of Him and healed them all.

And lifting up His eyes to His disciples, He said, Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who despitefully use you.

And He came and touched the bier. And the ones who bore him stood still. And He said, Young man, I say to you, Arise!

And answering, Jesus said to them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the gospel is proclaimed to the poor.

And other fell on good ground and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. And when He had said these things, He cried, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

And those which fell among thorns are the ones who, when they have heard, go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of life, and do not bear to maturity.

And Jesus said, Someone has touched Me, for I know that power has gone out of Me.

And He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.

And about eight days after these sayings, He took Peter and John and James and went up into a mountain to pray.

Then He said to them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest that He may send forth laborers into His harvest.

And it happened as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught His disciples.

And He said to them, When you pray, say: Our Father, who is in Heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, as in Heaven, so also on the earth.

And it happened as He spoke these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice and said to Him, Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which You have sucked.

Truly you bear witness that you consent to the deeds of your fathers. For they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.

But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

And coming up that servant reported these things to his lord. And the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and the maimed, and the lame and the blind.

And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me, he cannot be My disciple.

And He also spoke a parable to them to teach it is always right to pray, and not to faint,

Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-collector.

You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and your mother.

And when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, Yet you lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven. And come, follow Me.

And Zaccheus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor. And in anything I accused anyone falsely, I restore it fourfold.

And they watched and sent forth spies, pretending themselves to be righteous men, so that they might seize upon a word of His, that they might deliver Him in this way to the power and authority of the governor.

And He also saw a certain poor widow casting two lepta in there.

And He said, Truly I say to you that this poor widow has cast in more than all of them.

And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

And when He was at the place, He said to them, Pray that you do not enter into temptation.

And He said to them, Why do you sleep? Rise and pray lest you enter into temptation.

From now on the Son of Man shall sit at the right hand of the power of God.

For behold, the days are coming in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which did not suckle.

And behold, I send the promise of My father on you. But you sit in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.