But when he did come out, he was unable to speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept motioning to them but remained unable to speak.

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

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will surround you. Therefore, the child will be holy and will be called the Son of God.

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,

"Oh, no! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are the Holy One of God!"

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.

Overwhelmed with amazement, they all kept saying to one another, "What kind of statement is this? because with authority and power he gives orders to unclean spirits, and they come out!"

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.

One day, as Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the Law happened to be sitting nearby. The people had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was present to heal them.

I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners, to repentance."

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and at that time they will fast."

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 had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Even those who were being tormented by unclean spirits were being healed.

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.

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

So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to tell Jesus, "Sir, stop troubling yourself, because I'm not worthy to have you come under my roof.

That's why I didn't presume to come to you. But just say the word, and let my servant be healed,

because I, too, am a man under authority and have soldiers under me. I say to one "Go' and he goes, to another "Come' and he comes, and to my servant "Do this' and he does it."

When the men had come to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?'"

Because John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, yet you say, "He has a demon!'

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look! He's a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

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!"

"No one lights a lamp and hides it under a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a lamp stand so that those who come in will see the light.

There is nothing hidden that won't be revealed, and there is nothing secret that won't become known and come to light.

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

because Jesus was in the process of ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions the unclean spirit had seized the man, and though he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

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.

Just then a synagogue leader by the name of Jairus arrived. He fell at Jesus' feet and kept begging him to come to his home,

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."

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

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."

They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the ancient prophets who has come back to life."

Then he told all of them, "If anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross every day, and follow me continuously,

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

The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus.

If a peaceful person lives there, your greeting of peace will remain with him. But if that's not the case, your greeting will come back to you.

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.

The next day, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, "Take good care of him. If you spend more than that, I'll repay you when I come back.'

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."

So he told them, "Whenever you pray you are to say, "Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come.

But if I drive out demons by the power of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

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!

But if that servant says to himself, "My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

the master of that servant will come on a day when he doesn't expect him and at an hour that he doesn't know. Then his master will punish him severely and assign him a place with unfaithful people.

"I've come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already ablaze!

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

But the synagogue leader, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, told the crowd, "There are six days when work is to be done. So come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can stand outside, knock on the door, and say again and again, "Lord, open the door for us!' But he will answer you, "I don't know where you come from.'

But he will tell you, "I don't know where you come from. Get away from me, all you who practice evil!'

People will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.

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

Then the host who invited both of you would come to you and say, "Give this person your place.' In disgrace, you would have to take the place of least honor.

When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who were invited, "Come! Everything is now ready.'

Still another said, "I recently got married, so I can't come.'

Then the master told the servant, "Go out into the streets and the lanes and make the people come in, so that my house may be full.

"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!

Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.

The servant told him, "Your brother has come home, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got him back safely.'

"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 we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.'"

He was always trying to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs used to come and lick his sores.

Jesus told his disciples, "It is inevitable that temptations to sin will come, but how terrible it will be for the person through whom they come!

"Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, "Come at once and have something to eat'?

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

Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come. He answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with a visible display.

Then Jesus told the disciples, "The time will come during which you will long to see one of these days when the Son of Man is with you, but you will not see it.

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.

"The person who is on the housetop that day must not come down to get his belongings out of his house. The person in the field, too, must not turn back to what's left behind.

Jesus, however, called for the children and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of God belongs to people like these.

When Jesus heard this, he told him, "You still need to do one thing. Sell everything you have and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

who will not receive many times as much in this world, as well as eternal life in the age to come."

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.

Then Jesus told him, "Today salvation has come to this home, because this man is also a descendant of Abraham,

and the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost."

He called ten of his servants and gave them ten coins. He told them, "Invest this money until I come back.'

"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.