But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah; for thy prayer was heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name John.

And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee; wherefore the holy one that is to be born will be called the Son of God.

and to offer a sacrifice, according to what is directed in the law of the Lord: "A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons."

And the Devil said to him, All this power will I give thee, and their glory; because to me it hath been delivered, and I give it to whomever I will.

and in their hands they will bear thee up, that thou mayst not dash thy foot against a stone."

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and there went out a report concerning him through all the surrounding country

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he hath sent me to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty the oppressed,

And they rose up, and forced him out of the city and took him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, to cast him down headlong;

And all were amazed; and they spoke with one another, saying, What kind of word is this, that with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out?

But he was wont to withdraw to desert places, and pray.

And it came to pass on a certain day, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present that he might heal.

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.

And the whole multitude sought to touch him, because power went out of him and healed all.

And raising his eyes toward his disciples, he said, Blessed are ye poor; for yours is the kingdom of God.

bless those who curse you; pray for those who are spiteful to you.

And he came up, and touched the bier; and they who bore it stood still; and he said, Young man, I say to thee, Rise.

And he answered and said to them, Go and tell John what ye have seen and heard; that the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor good tidings are brought;

And others fell upon good ground, and sprung up, and bore fruit, a hundredfold. While saying these things, he cried aloud, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

But the seeds on the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, when they have heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with constancy.

But Jesus said, Some one touched me; for I perceived that power went out from me.

And he called together the twelve, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

And it came to pass about eight days after this discourse, that he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to pray.

And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring thy son hither.

And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,

And he said to them, The harvest is great, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send forth laborers for his harvest.

Lo! I have given you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the might of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

And it came to pass, as he was in a certain place praying, that when he ceased one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.

And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Father, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come;

And it came to pass, as he was saying these things, that a certain woman lifted up her voice from the crowd, and said to him, Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the breasts from which thou drewest nourishment.

So then ye bear witness to and approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and ye are building [their tombs].

But I will warn you whom to fear; fear him who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, fear him.

and if it bear fruit hereafter, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;

And all with one accord began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and must needs go out and see it; I pray that I may be excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am going out to try them; I pray that I may be excused.

And the servant came, and reported these things to his lord. Then 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 hither the poor, and the maimed, the blind, and the lame.

Whoever doth not bear his own cross and follow me, cannot be my disciple.

Then he said, I pray thee then, father, to send him to my fathers house;

And he spoke a parable to them to show that they ought to pray always, and not be fainthearted:

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

Thou knowest the commandments: "Do not commit adultery; Do not kill; Do not steal; Do not bear false witness; Honor thy father and thy mother."

And Jesus hearing this said to him, One thing thou still lackest: sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

And Zacchaeus stood up, and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any one by false representation, I restore him fourfold.

And they kept watch on him, and sent forth spies feigning themselves to be righteous men, that they might take hold of his words, in order to deliver him up to the civil power and to the authority of the governor.

And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

And he said, In truth I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.

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

But watch at all times, and pray that ye may be able to escape all the things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And when he was at the place, he said to them, Pray that ye may not enter into temptation.

and said to them, Why sleep ye? Rise, and pray that ye may not enter into temptation.

when I was daily with you in the temple, ye did not put forth your hands against me; but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

But from this time the Son of man will sit on the right hand of the power of God.

And when they had led him away, they laid hold on one Simon a Cyrenaean, coming out of the country, and laid on him the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

For lo! the days are coming, in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave nourishment.

And I send forth upon you that which hath been promised by my Father; but do ye tarry in the city, until ye are endued with power from on high.