But the angel said to him:

Do not be afraid, Zechariah,
because your prayer has been heard.
Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son,
and you will name him John.

“The Lord has done this for me. He has looked with favor in these days to take away my disgrace among the people.”

And consider your relative Elizabeth—even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless.

She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled!”

and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

because He has looked with favor
on the humble condition of His slave.
Surely, from now on all generations
will call me blessed,

because the Mighty One
has done great things for me,
and His name is holy.

He has done a mighty deed with His arm;
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;

He has toppled the mighty from their thrones
and exalted the lowly.

He has satisfied the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.

He has helped His servant Israel,
mindful of His mercy,

Then they said to her, “None of your relatives has that name.”

Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,
because He has visited
and provided redemption for His people.

He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of His servant David,

He has dealt mercifully with our fathers
and remembered His holy covenant—

the oath that He swore to our father Abraham.
He has given us the privilege,

When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

He replied to them, “The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.”

The Devil said to Him, “I will give You their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.

The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,
because He has anointed Me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent Me
to proclaim freedom to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed,

He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”

But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He told the paralyzed man, “I tell you: Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

because he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.”

Then fear came over everyone, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited His people.”

For John the Baptist did not come eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

Turning to the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she, with her tears, has washed My feet and wiped them with her hair.

You gave Me no kiss, but she hasn’t stopped kissing My feet since I came in.

You didn’t anoint My head with olive oil, but she has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

Still other seed fell on good ground; when it sprang up, it produced a crop: 100 times what was sown.” As He said this, He called out, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

“Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.” And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town all that Jesus had done for him.

“Someone did touch Me,” said Jesus. “I know that power has gone out from Me.”

“Daughter,” He said to her, “your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”

They answered, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back.”

Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near you.’

‘We are wiping off as a witness against you even the dust of your town that clings to our feet. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’

But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, “Lord, don’t You care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.”

but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.”

He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I don’t have anything to offer him.’

If I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

But I will show you the One to fear: Fear Him who has authority to throw people into hell after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the One to fear!

But the one who did not know and did things deserving of blows will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.

Satan has bound this woman, a daughter of Abraham, for 18 years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

“‘Master,’ the slave said, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there’s still room.’

“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to make fun of him,

It isn’t fit for the soil or for the manure pile; they throw it out. Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

“What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?

When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

“Or what woman who has 10 silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

‘Your brother is here,’ he told him, ‘and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’

“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is strongly urged to enter it.

Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’

And He told him, “Get up and go on your way. Your faith has made you well.”

So He said to them, “I assure you: There is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

“Receive your sight!” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.”

“Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”

The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned 10 more minas.’

“The second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’

So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’

“But they said to him, ‘Master, he has 10 minas.’

“‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

But He looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture:

The stone that the builders rejected—
this has become the cornerstone?

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

“I tell you the truth,” He said. “This poor widow has put in more than all of them.

For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near.

For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

“Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.

Then He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn’t have a sword should sell his robe and buy one.

Neither has Herod, because he sent Him back to us. Clearly, He has done nothing to deserve death.

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

“He is not here, but He has been resurrected! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,

who said, “The Lord has certainly been raised, and has appeared to Simon!”