But the angel told him, "Stop being afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.

And listen! Elizabeth, your relative, has herself conceived a son in her old age, this woman who was rumored to be barren is in her sixth month.

because he has looked favorably on his humble servant. From now on, all generations will call me blessed,

because the Almighty has done great things for me. His name is holy.

Their friends told her, "None of your relatives has that name."

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel! He has taken care of his people and has set them free.

He has raised up a mighty Savior for us from the family of his servant David,

He has shown mercy to our ancestors and remembered his holy covenant,

Because of the tender mercy of our God, his light from on high has visited us,

When the angels had left them and gone back to heaven, the shepherds told one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see what has taken place that the Lord has told us about."

Everyone will see the salvation that God has provided.'"

He answered them, "The person who has two coats must share with the one who doesn't have any, and the person who has food must do the same."

He told Jesus, "I will give you all this authority, along with their glory, because it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone I please.

Jesus answered him, "It has been said, "You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,

he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled, as you've heard it read aloud."

But so you'll know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"." he told the paralyzed man, "I say to you: Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home!"

No one who has been drinking old wine wants new wine, because he says, "The old wine is good enough!'"

Fear gripped everyone, and they began to praise God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, and "God has helped his people."

When the men had come to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?'"

I tell you, no one has ever been born who is greater than John. Yet even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

Because John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, yet you say, "He has a demon!'

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look! He's a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

Then, turning to the woman, he told Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You didn't give me any water for my feet, but this woman has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

You didn't give me a kiss, but this woman, from the moment I came in, has not stopped kissing my feet.

You didn't anoint my head with oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with perfume.

So I'm telling you that her sins, as many as they are, have been forgiven, and that's why she has shown such great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little."

But Jesus told the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."

But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced 100 times as much as was planted." As he said this, he called out, "Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"

So pay attention to how you listen, because to the one who has something, more will be given. However, from the one who doesn't have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him."

"Go home and tell what God has done for you." So the man left and kept proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

Still Jesus said, "Somebody touched me, because I know that power has gone out of me."

Then he told her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace."

They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the ancient prophets who has come back to life."

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

But Martha was worrying about all the things she had to do, so she came to him and asked, "Lord, you do care that my sister has left me to do the work all by myself, don't you? Then tell her to help me."

But there's only one thing you need. Mary has chosen what is better, and it is not to be taken away from her."

Then he told them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, "Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread.

A friend of mine on a trip has dropped in on me, and I don't have anything to serve him.'

But if I drive out demons by the power of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

I'll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the authority to throw you into hell after killing you. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him!

Then he told them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."

But the servant who did things that deserved a beating without knowing it will receive a light beating. Much will be required from everyone to whom much has been given. But even more will be demanded from the one to whom much has been entrusted."

Shouldn't this woman, a descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

The servant said, "Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.'

"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. He will first sit down and estimate the cost to see whether he has enough money to finish it, won't he?

It's suitable neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. People throw it away. Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"

"Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. He leaves the 99 in the wilderness and looks for the one that is lost until he finds it, doesn't he?

"Or suppose a woman has ten coins and loses one of them. She lights a lamp, sweeps the house, and searches carefully until she finds it, doesn't she?

Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.

The servant told him, "Your brother has come home, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got him back safely.'

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.'"

"The Law and the Prophets remained until John. Since then, the good news about the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone entering it is under attack.

Besides all this, a wide chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot do so, nor can they cross from your side to us.'

"Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, "Come at once and have something to eat'?

Then he told the man, "Get up, and go home! Your faith has made you well."

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, there is no one who has left his home, wife, brothers, parents, or children because of the kingdom of God

So Jesus told him, "See again! Your faith has made you well."

Then Jesus told him, "Today salvation has come to this home, because this man is also a descendant of Abraham,

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

The first servant came and said, "Sir, your coin has earned ten more coins.'

"The second servant came and said, "Your coin, sir, has earned five coins.'

"So the king told those standing nearby, "Take the coin away from him and give it to the man who has the ten coins.'

They answered him, "Sir, he already has ten coins!'

"I tell you, to everyone who has something, more will be given, but from the person who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.

"Go into the village ahead of you," he said. "As you enter, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it along.

But Jesus looked at them and asked, "What does this text mean: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

He said, "I tell you with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than all of them,

He said, "Be careful that you are not deceived, because many will come in my name and say, "I AM' and, "The time has come.' Don't follow them.

The Son of Man is going away, just as it has been determined, but how terrible it will be for that man by whom he is betrayed!"

And I confer a kingdom on you, just as my Father has conferred a kingdom on me,

"Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked permission to sift all of you like wheat,

Then he told them, "But now whoever has a wallet must take it along, and his traveling bag, too. And the one who has no sword must sell his coat and buy one.

Because I tell you, what has been written about me must be fulfilled: "He was counted among the criminals.' Indeed, what is written about me must be fulfilled."

Neither does Herod, because he sent him back to us! Indeed, this man has done nothing to deserve death.

Then he spoke to them a third time: "What has he done wrong? I have found nothing in him worthy of death. So I will punish him and let him go."

We have been condemned justly, because we are getting what we deserve for what we have done, but this man has done nothing wrong."

He is not here, but has been raised. Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee:

They kept saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon!"