In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.

Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

Then he ordered the man to tell no one, but commanded him, "Go and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

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

Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, "Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place."

So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.

But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, 'Friend, move up here to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.

Therefore he said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up

Now that very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.