But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachariah; for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

And behold, you shall conceive and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

for he has looked upon the lowly condition of his handmaid. For, behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed;

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

Then Jesus said to them, I will ask you a question: Which is lawful on the sabbath, to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?

But why call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I command?

They are like children sitting in the market-place, who call to one another, and say, We have played on the pipe for you, and you have not danced; we have sung mournful songs for you, and you have not lamented.

For this reason also the Wisdom of God said: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and persecute,

But I say to you, my friends, Fear not them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

On the same day, certain Pharisees came and said to him: Depart, and get away from this place; for Herod intends to kill you.

Then he said also to him that had invited him: "When you make a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and a recompense be made you.

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

And he called to him and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

And Jesus said to him: Why do you call me good? None is good but one, that is God.

You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery; Do not kill; Do not steal; Do not bear false testimony; Honor your father and your mother.

But when the vine-dressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.