Suddenly, Zechariah could open his mouth, his tongue was set free, and he began to speak and to praise God.

He granted us deliverance from our enemies' grip so that we could serve him without fear

When they couldn't find a way to get him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on his stretcher through the tiles into the middle of the room, right in front of Jesus.

The others were furious and began to discuss with each other what they could do to Jesus.

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 they couldn't pay it back, he generously canceled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?"

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

A woman was there who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had spent all she had on doctors, no one could heal her.

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.

I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't."

And they couldn't argue with him about this.

and say, "This person started a building but couldn't finish it.'

But he answered his father, "Listen! All these years I've worked like a slave for you. I've never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you've never given me so much as a young goat for a festival so I could celebrate with my friends.

The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you!

Immediately the man could see again and began to follow Jesus, glorifying God. All the people saw this and gave praise to God.

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he couldn't do so due to the crowd, since he was a short man.

"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.

Then why didn't you put my money in the bank? When I returned, I could have collected it with interest.'

"If you had only known today what could have brought you peace! But now it is hidden from your sight,

but they couldn't find a way to do it, because all the people were eager to hear him.

So they couldn't catch him before the people in what he said. Amazed at his answer, they became silent.

So he went off and discussed with the high priests and the Temple police how he could betray Jesus to them.

because the time is surely coming when people will say, "How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'