The angel came to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you!"

When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

Fear came over all their neighbors, and throughout the hill country of Judea all these things were being discussed.

While they were there, the time came for her to have her baby,

When the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

Just then she came forward and began to thank God and to speak about Jesus to everyone who was waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

and Annas and Caiaphas high priests, a message from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

Even some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

and the Holy Spirit descended on him, appearing in the form of a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you!"

Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been raised. As was his custom, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. When he stood up to read,

But Jesus rebuked him. "Be quiet," he said, "and come out of him!" At this, the demon threw the man down in the middle of the synagogue and came out of him without hurting him.

Even demons came out of many people, screaming, "You are the Son of God!" But Jesus rebuked them and ordered them not to speak, because they knew he was the Messiah.

At daybreak he left and went to a deserted place, while the crowds kept looking for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving them.

So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats until the boats began to sink.

When daylight came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also called apostles:

Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place, along with many of his disciples and a large gathering of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

They are like a person building a house, who dug a deep hole to lay the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house but couldn't shake it, because it had been founded on the rock.

Then, turning to the woman, he told Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You didn't give me any water for my feet, but this woman has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

You didn't give me a kiss, but this woman, from the moment I came in, has not stopped kissing my feet.

Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture.

But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced 100 times as much as was planted." As he said this, he called out, "Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"

His mother and his brothers came to him, but they couldn't get near him because of the crowd.

Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down a steep slope into the lake and drowned.

So the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus' feet, dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.

When Jesus came back, the crowd welcomed him, because everyone was expecting him.

She came up behind Jesus and touched the tassel of his garment, and her bleeding stopped at once.

When the woman saw that she couldn't hide, she came forward trembling. Bowing down in front of him, she explained in the presence of all the people why she had touched Jesus and how she had been instantly healed.

While he was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader's home and told him, "Your daughter is dead. Stop bothering the teacher anymore."

The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them away with him privately to a city called Bethsaida.

As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away to the neighboring villages and farms so they can rest and get some food, because we are here in a deserted place."

Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen. Keep listening to him!"

The 70 disciples came back and joyously reported, "Lord, even the demons are submitting to us in your name!"

Similarly, a descendant of Levi came to that place. When he saw the man, he also went by on the other side.

But as he was traveling along, a Samaritan came across the man. When the Samaritan saw him, he was moved with compassion.

But Martha was worrying about all the things she had to do, so she came to him and asked, "Lord, you do care that my sister has left me to do the work all by myself, don't you? Then tell her to help me."

The queen of the south will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look, something greater than Solomon is here!

Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division!

At that hour some Pharisees came and told Jesus, "Leave and get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you!"

"Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father's hired men have more food than they can eat, and here I am starving to death!

"Then the older son became angry and wouldn't go into the house. So his father came out and began to plead with him.

But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came back, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

But one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, came back and praised God with a loud voice.

People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them.

Then Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down! I must stay at your house today."

Zacchaeus came down quickly and was glad to welcome him into his home.

"After he was appointed king, the prince came back. He ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called so he could find out what they had earned by investing.

The first servant came and said, "Sir, your coin has earned ten more coins.'

"The second servant came and said, "Your coin, sir, has earned five coins.'

"Then the other servant came and said, "Sir, look! Here's your coin. I've kept it in a cloth for safekeeping

When he came closer and saw the city, he began to grieve over it:

One day, while Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple and telling them the good news, the high priests and the scribes came with the elders

Now some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus

Now during the day Jesus would teach in the Temple, but when evening came he would go out and spend the night on what is called the Mount of Olives.

Then the day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table, along with his apostles.

While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd arrived. The man called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them, and he came close to Jesus to kiss him.

As soon as day came, the elders of the people, the high priests, and the scribes assembled and brought him before their Council.

When he learned with certainty that Jesus came from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at that time.

and didn't find his body there, so they came back and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who were saying that he was alive.

As they came near the village where the two men were headed, Jesus acted as though he were going farther.