For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must drink no wine nor strong drink, and so he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his birth.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David,

And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and so they were rejoicing with her.

But the angel said to them: "Stop being afraid, for now I bring you good tidings of great joy which is to be for all the people;

But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the heaven was closed for three years and a half, and there was a great famine over all the land,

Once as the crowd was pressing against Him to hear the message of God, He found Himself standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret.

But the news about Him continued to spread, and great crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases.

And as they could not find a way because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his pallet through the tiles, among the people right in front of Jesus.

Then Levi gave a great reception for Him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax-collectors and others who were at table with them.

Then He came down with them and took His stand on a level place, where there was a great throng of His disciples and a vast crowd of people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and the seacoast district of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases.

But you must practice loving your enemies, doing good to them, and lending to them, despairing of nothing; so that your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

When Jesus heard this, He was astounded at him, and turning to the crowd that was following Him He said, "I tell you, I have not found, in a single case among the Jews, so great faith as this!"

Soon afterwards He chanced to go to a town called Nain, and His disciples and a great throng of people were going along with Him.

As He approached the gate of the town, look, there was being carried out a dead man, his mother's only son, and she was a widow! A considerable crowd of townspeople were with her.

So awe seized them all, and they began to praise God, saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and, "God has visited His people!"

Now as a great crowd was coming together and people were coming to Him from one town after another, He said by way of a story:

His mother and His brothers came to see Him, but they could not get in touch with Him, on account of the crowd.

For He was commanding the foul spirit to get out of the man. For on many occasions it had seized him, and repeatedly he had been fastened with chains and fetters under constant guard, and yet he would snap his bonds, and the demon would drive him into desert places.

"Go back to your home, and continue to tell what great things God has done for you." But he went off and told all over the town what great things Jesus had done for him.

Now as Jesus was returning, the crowd welcomed Him, for they were all expecting Him.

As the day began to decline, the Twelve came up and said to Him, "Send the crowd off to the villages and farms around, to get lodging and to find food there, for we are in a destitute place here."

as He said, "The Son of Man has to endure great suffering and be disowned by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes, and be put to death but be raised to life on the third day."

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

Then a man in the crowd at once shouted, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, because he is my only child;

Then He said to them, "Whoever welcomes this little child on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me is welcoming Him who sent me; for the one who is lowliest among you all is really great."

When a strong man well armed keeps guard over his dwelling, his property is secure.

Just as He was saying this, a woman in the crowd lifted her voice and said, "Blessed is the mother who bore you and nursed you!"

So be on your guard that the very source of light in you is not darkness.

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees have the habit of cleaning the outside of your cups and dishes, but inside you yourselves are full of greed and wickedness.

Just then a man in the crowd said to Him, "Tell my brother to share with me our inheritance."

And then He said to them, "Be ever on the alert and always on your guard against every form of greed, because a man's life does not consist in his possessions, even though they are abundant."

For instance, when you are on the way to court with your opponent, take the utmost pains on the way to get entirely rid of him, so that he may not rush you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the sheriff, and the sheriff put you in prison.

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured her on the Sabbath, answered the crowd, "There are six days on which people must work; so come on these and be cured, but not on the Sabbath."

Then Jesus said to him: "Once a man was giving a great dinner and invited many people to it.

Now great crowds were going along with Him, and all at once He turned and said to them:

Besides all this, between you and us there stands fixed a great chasm, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot, nor can they cross from your side to us.'

As he heard a crowd going by, he asked what it meant.

Now he was trying to see Jesus to find out who He was, but he could not because of the crowd, as he was so small in stature.

Then some Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, reprove your disciples."

There will be great earthquakes and pestilences and famines in various places, and there will be dreadful portents and awful signs in the sky.

Alas for the women who are pregnant and those who have nursing babies in those days! For there will be great misery in the land and wrath on this people.

But ever be on your guard, so that your hearts may not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries, and that day, like a trap, catch you unawares.

While He was still speaking, look! a crowd had come up, and Judas, one of the Twelve, was their guide; and he stepped up to Jesus to kiss Him.

And with great joy they went back to Jerusalem;