But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. For his part, he kept making signs to them, and remained dumb.

The angel answered, "The holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason your child will be called holy, and the Son of God.

Who am I, To have the mother of my Lord come to me?

Now the time came for Elizabeth's child to be born, and she gave birth to a son.

Her neighbors and relatives heard of the great mercy the Lord had shown her, and they came and congratulated her.

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.

While they were there, the time came for her child to be born,

When the angels left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Come! Let us go over to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, that the Lord has told us of!"

She came up just at that time and gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were living in expectation of the liberation of Jerusalem.

He said to them, "How did you come to look for me? Did you not know that I must be at my Father's house?"

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, a message from God came to Zechariah's son John in the desert.

So he would say to the crowds that came out there to be baptized by him, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to fly from the wrath that is coming?

Even tax-collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Master, what ought we to do?"

and the holy Spirit came down upon him in the material shape of a dove, and there came a voice from heaven, "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!"

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath he went to the synagogue, as he was accustomed to do, and stood up to read the Scriptures.

And he came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee. And he taught them on the Sabbath,

"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!"

Jesus reproved him and said, "Silence! Get out of him!" And the demon threw the man down in the midst of them, and came out of him, without doing him any harm.

And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is the meaning of this teaching? For he gives orders authoritatively and effectually to the foul spirits, and they come out."

And demons came out of many people, crying out, "You are the Son of God!" But he reproved them and forbade them to speak, because they knew he was the Christ.

And they signaled to their comrades in the other boat to come and help them. And they came, and they filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

When he was in one of the towns, he came upon a man covered with leprosy. And when he saw Jesus he fell down on his face, and begged him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!"

One day as he was teaching, there were some Pharisees and experts in the Law sitting near by, who had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was there, so that he might cure people.

Some men came up carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they tried to get him in and lay him before Jesus.

I have not come to invite the pious but the irreligious to repentance!"

But other days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, in those days they will fast."

When day came, he called his disciples to him, and chose twelve of them whom he named apostles:

And he came down with them and took his stand on a level place with a great throng of his disciples, and a large number of people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and the seacoast district of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases.

When the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, to ask him to come and save his slave's life.

That is why I did not think I was fit to come to you. But simply say the word, and have my servant cured.

For I am myself under the orders of others, and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it."

As he came up to the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out; he was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A crowd of the townspeople was with her.

and he called two of them to him, and sent them to the Master to ask him, "Are you the one who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"

And 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 look for someone else?' "

"For when John the Baptist came, he did not eat any bread or drink any wine, and you said, 'He has a demon!'

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!'

and came and stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with her hair, and kissed them, and put the perfume on them.

And turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came to your house; you did not give me any water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with tears and wiped them with her hair.

You did not give me a kiss, but from the moment I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet.

"Nobody lights a lamp and then covers it with a dish or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

For there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, nor kept secret that shall not be known and come to light.

His mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him, on account of the crowd.

And the word came to him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside; they want to see you."

So they set sail. As they sailed along, he fell asleep. And a squall of wind came down upon the lake, and they were being swamped and were in peril.

Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the drove rushed over the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.

And the people came out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man out of whom the demons had gone sitting there, at Jesus' feet, with his clothes on and in his right mind, and they were frightened.

And a man named Jairus came up??e was leader of the synagogue??nd he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged him to come to his house,

came up behind him and touched the tassel of his cloak, and the hemorrhage stopped at once.

When the woman saw that she had not escaped his notice, she came forward trembling, and fell down before him, and before all the people told why she had touched him, and how she had been cured at once.

Even as he spoke someone came from the house of the leader of the synagogue and said, "Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Master any more."

and some that Elijah had appeared, and others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.

Then the apostles came back and told Jesus what they had done. And he took them and quietly retired to a town called Bethsaida.

When the day began to decline, the Twelve came up and said to him, "Send the crowd away to the villages and farms around to find food and shelter, for we are in a lonely place here."

They answered, "John the Baptist, though others say Elijah, and others that one of the old prophets has come back to life."

But as he said it, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were frightened as they passed under the cloud.

And from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my Son, my Chosen! Listen to him!"

The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, it happened that a great crowd met him.

When the disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Master, will you have us order fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

After this the Master appointed seventy-two others, and sent them on before him, two by two, to every town or place to which he intended to come.

If there is anyone there who loves peace, your blessing will rest upon him, but if there is not, it will come back to you.

Whenever you come to a town and they welcome you, eat what is offered you,

But whenever you come to a town and they do not welcome you, go out into the open streets and say,

The seventy-two came back delighted, and said, "Master, when we use your name the very demons submit to us!"

And a Levite also came to the place, and when he saw him, he went by on the other side.

But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon him, and when he saw him he pitied him,

As they continued their journey, he came to a certain village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him to her house.

But Martha was worried with all she had to do for them, and she came up and said, "Master, does it make no difference to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."

He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Father, your name be revered! Your kingdom come!

for a friend of mine has just come to my house after a journey, and I have nothing for him to eat,'

The queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation at the Judgment and will condemn them, for she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and there is more than Solomon here!

No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a peck measure; he puts it on its stand, so that people who come in can see the light.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have great wealth stored up for years to come. Now take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." '

like men waiting for their master to come home from a wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know, and will cut him in two, and put him with the unbelievers.

I have come to bring fire down to the earth, and how I wish it were kindled already!

Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? Not peace, I tell you, but discord!

Just then some people came up to bring him word of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices.

And he said to the gardener, 'Here I have come three years to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any. Cut it down. Why should it waste the ground?'

But the leader of the synagogue, in his vexation because Jesus had cured her on the Sabbath, spoke out and said to the crowd, "There are six days on which it is right to work. Come on them and be cured, but not on the Sabbath day."

when the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock on the door, and say, 'Open it for us, sir!' Then he will answer you and say, 'I do not know where you come from,'

And he will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from. Get away from me, all you wrongdoers!'

People will come from the east and west and the north and south, and take their places in the Kingdom of God.

Just then some Pharisees came up and said to him, "Go! Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you!"

and your host will come and say to you 'Make room for this man,' and then you will proceed in confusion to take the poorest place.

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the poorest place, so that when your host comes in, he will say to you, 'My friend, come to a better place.' So you will be shown consideration before all the other guests.

and when the dinner hour came, he sent around his slave, to say to those who were invited, 'Come! for it is now ready!'

Another said, 'I have married, and so I cannot come.'

And the master said to the slave, 'Go out on the roads, and among the hedges, and make them come so that my house may be full.

For no one who does not take up his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

When he came to himself he said, 'How many hired men my father has, who have more than enough to eat, and here I am, dying of hunger!

for my son here was dead, and he has come to life; he was lost, and he is found!' So they began to celebrate.

But his elder son was in the field. When he came in and approached the house, he heard music and dancing,

He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the calf he has been fattening, because he has gotten him back alive and well.'

But he was angry and would not go into the house. And his father came out and urged him.

But when your son here came, who has eaten up your property with women of the street, for him you killed the calf you have been fattening!'

But we had to celebrate and be glad, because your brother was dead, and has come to life, and was lost and is found!' "

Until John came, it was the Law and the Prophets. From that time the Kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone has been crowding into it.

and eager to satisfy his hunger with what was thrown away from the rich man's table. Why, the very dogs came and licked his sores.

And it came about that the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to the companionship of Abraham, and the rich man too died and was buried.

for I have five brothers; let him warn them so that they will not also come to this place of torture.'