for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, he will drink neither wine nor strong drink, he will be filled with the holy Spirit from his very birth;

He will be great, he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father;

for He who is Mighty has done great things for me. His name is holy,

When her neighbours and kinsfolk heard of the Lord's great mercy to her they rejoiced with her,

There were some shepherds in the district who were out in the fields keeping guard over their flocks by night;

but the angel said to them, "Have no fear. This is good news I am bringing you, news of a great joy that is meant for all the People.

I tell you for a fact, In Israel there were many widows during the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land:

Now as the crowd were pressing on him to listen to the word of God, he saw, as he stood beside the lake of Gennesaret,

but when they could not find any means of getting him in, on account of the crowd, they climbed to the top of the house and let him down through the tiles, mattress and all among the people in front of Jesus.

Levi held a great banquet for him in his house; there was a large company present of taxgatherers and others who were guests along with them.

With them he came down the hill and stood on a level spot. There was a great company of his disciples with him, and a large multitude of people from all Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to get cured of their diseases.

Indeed the whole of the crowd made efforts to touch him, for power issued from him and cured everybody.

He who has listened and has not obeyed is like a man who built a house on the earth with no foundation; the river dashed against it and it collapsed at once, and the ruin of that house was great."

When Jesus heard this he marvelled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed he said, "I tell you, I have never met faith like this anywhere even in Israel."

It was shortly afterwards that he made his way to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a large crowd.

Just as he was near the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out; he was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the town were with her.

All were seized with awe and glorified God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, "God has visited his people."

Therefore I tell you, many as her sins are, they are forgiven, for her love is great; whereas he to whom little is forgiven has but little love."

As a large crowd was gathering and as people were resorting to him from town after town, he addressed them in a parable.

His mother and brothers reached him but they were unable to join him for the crowd.

On his return Jesus was welcomed by the crowd; they were all looking out for him.

Now as the day began to decline the twelve came up to him and said, "Send the crowd off to lodge in the villages and farms around and get provisions there, for here we are in a desert place."

Then taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke them in pieces and handed them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

The Son of man, he said, has to endure great suffering, to be rejected by the elders and high priests and scribes, to be killed, and on the third day to be raised.

Next day, when they came down the hill, a large crowd met him.

"Teacher," shouted a man from the crowd, "look at my son, I beg of you, for he is my only boy,

then he said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For it is the lowliest of you all who is great."

I tell you, on the great Day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.

While he was saying this, a woman shouted to him out of the crowd, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts you sucked!"

Meanwhile as the crowd was gathering in its thousands till they trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy,

A man out of the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance";

But the president of the synagogue was annoyed at Jesus healing on the sabbath, and he said to the crowd, "There are six days for work to be done; come during them to get healed, instead of on the sabbath."

As he said this, all his opponents were put to shame, but all the crowd rejoiced over all his splendid doings.

Besides all that, a great gulf yawns between us and you, to keep back those who want to cross from us to you and also those who want to pass from you to us.'

But he must first endure great suffering and be rejected by the present generation.

When he heard the crowd passing he inquired what was the matter,

who tried to see what Jesus was like; but he could not, on account of the crowd ??for he was small of stature.

Some Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Check your disciples, teacher."

there will be great earthquakes with famine and pestilence here and there, there will be awful portents and great signs from heaven.

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

He assented to this and sought a good opportunity for betraying him to them in the absence of the crowd.

They [worshipped him and] returned with great joy to Jerusalem,