but the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you must call his name John.

"The Lord has done this for me," she said, "he has now deigned to remove my reproach among men."

Look, there is your kinswoman Elizabeth! Even she has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month;

My spirit has joy in God my Saviour:

for he has considered the humiliation of his servant. From this time forth all generations will call me blessed,

for He who is Mighty has done great things for me. His name is holy,

He has done a deed of might with his arm, he has scattered the proud with their purposes,

princes he has dethroned and the poor he has uplifted,

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

He has succoured his servant Israel, mindful of his mercy

"Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, for he has cared for his people and wrought them redemption;

he has raised up a strong saviour for us in the house of his servant David

Now when the angels had left them and gone away to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us be off to Bethlehem to see this thing that the Lord has told us of."

which thou hast prepared before the face of all the peoples,

He replied, "Let everyone who possesses two shirts share with him who has none, and let him who has food do likewise."

and the devil said to him, "I will give you all their power and grandeur, for it has been made over to me and I can give it to anyone I choose.

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

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: for he has consecrated me to preach the gospel to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release for captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set free the oppressed,

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralysed man, "Rise, I tell you, lift your mattress and go home."

give to anyone who asks you, and do not ask your goods back from anyone who has taken them.

He who has listened and has not obeyed is like a man who built a house on the earth with no foundation; the river dashed against it and it collapsed at once, and the ruin of that house was great."

All were seized with awe and glorified God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, "God has visited his people."

When the men reached Jesus they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask if you are the Coming One or if we are to look out for someone else?"

For John the Baptist has come, eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a devil';

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!'

Then turning to the woman he said to Simon, "You see this woman? When I came into your house, you never gave me water for my feet, while she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair;

you never gave me a kiss, while ever since she came in she has kept pressing kisses on my feet;

you never anointed my head with oil, while she has anointed my feet with perfume.

Therefore I tell you, many as her sins are, they are forgiven, for her love is great; whereas he to whom little is forgiven has but little love."

But he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

some other seed fell on sound soil, and springing up bore a crop, a hundredfold." When he said this he called out, "He who has an ear, let him listen to this."

So take care how you listen; for he who has, to him shall more be given, while as for him who has not, from him shall be taken even what he thinks he has."

"Go home and describe all that God has done for you." So he went off to proclaim through the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

"Daughter," he said to her, "your faith has made you well; depart in peace."

They replied, "John the Baptist, though some say Elijah and some say that one of the ancient prophets has arisen."

The Son of man, he said, has to endure great suffering, to be rejected by the elders and high priests and scribes, to be killed, and on the third day to be raised.

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."

"All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

Now Martha was so busy attending to them that she grew worried; she came up and said, "Lord, is it all one to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Come, tell her to lend me a hand."

Mary has chosen the best dish, and she is not to be dragged away from it."

and forgive us our sins for we do forgive everyone who has offended us; and lead us not into temptation."

And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, let me have three loaves;

for a friend of mine travelling has come to my house and I have nothing to set before him.'

But if it is by the finger of God that I cast daemons out, then the Reign of God has reached you already.

Your eye is the lamp of the body: when your eye is sound, then the whole of your body has light, but if your eye is diseased, then your body is darkened.

So if your whole body has light, without any corner of it in darkness, it will be lit up entirely, as when a lamp lights you with its rays."

I will show you whom to fear ??fear Him who after he has killed has power to cast you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear Him.

Then he said to them, "See and keep clear of covetousness in every shape and form, for a man's life is not part of his possessions because he has ample wealth."

whereas he who was ignorant and did what deserves a beating, will receive few lashes. He who has much given him will have much required from him, and he who has much entrusted to him will have all the more demanded of him.

once the master of the House has got up and closed the door. You may stand outside and knock at the door, crying, 'Lord, open for us,' but he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'

"Which of you," he said to them, "when an ass or an ox has fallen into a well, will not pull him out at once upon the sabbath day?"

"When anyone invites you to a marriage-banquet," he said, "never lie down in the best place, in case a more distinguished guest than yourself has been invited;

When the servant announced, 'Your order has been carried out, sir, but there is still room,'

For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? ??29 in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him,

It is no use for either soil or dunghill, it is flung out. He who has an ear let him listen to this."

Or again, suppose a woman has ten shillings. If she loses one of them, does she not light a lamp and scour the house and search carefully till she finds it?

for my son here was dead and he has come to life, he was lost and he is found.' So they began to make merry.

The servant told him, 'Your brother has arrived, and your father has killed the fatted calf because he has got him back safe and sound.'

We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

And he said to him, "Get up and go, your faith has made you well."

He said to them, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Realm of God,

And Jesus said to him, "Regain your sight, your faith has made you well."

And Jesus said of him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since Zacchaeus here is a son of Abraham.

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

The first came up saying, 'Your five pounds has made other fifty, sir.'

Then the second came and said, 'Your five pounds has made twenty-five, sir.'

'Sir,' they said, 'he has fifty already!'

'I tell you, to everyone who has shall more be given, but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken.

saying, "Go to the village in front, and on entering it you will find a colt tethered on which no one ever has sat; untether it and bring it.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses has written this law for us, that if a man's married brother dies and is childless, his brother is to take the woman and raise offspring for his brother.

And that the dead are raised has been indicated by Moses in the passage on the Bush, when he calls the Lord 'God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob.'

He said, "I tell you plainly, this poor widow has put in more than them all;

for these people all contributed out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all her living."

The Son of man moves to his end indeed as it has been decreed, but woe to the man by whom he is betrayed!"

so, even as my Father has assigned me royal power,

Simon, Simon, Satan has claimed the right to sift you all like wheat,

Then he said to them, "But he who has a purse must take it now, and the same with a wallet; and he who has no sword must sell his coat and buy one.

Day after day I was beside you in the temple, and you never stretched a hand against me. But this is your hour, and the dark Power has its way."

No, nor has Herod, for he has remitted him to us. He has done nothing, you see, that calls for death;

He asked them a third time, "But what crime has he committed? I have found nothing about him that deserves death; so I shall release him with a whipping."

And we suffer justly; we are getting what we deserve for our deeds. But he has done no harm."

He is not here, he has risen. Remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee

and one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, "Are you a lone stranger in Jerusalem, not to know what has been happening there?"

but they pressed him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting towards evening and the day has now declined." So he went in to stay with them.

Look at my hands and feet. It is I! Feel me and see; a ghost has not flesh and bones as you see I have."

"Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

And I will send down on you what my Father has promised; wait in the city till you are endued with power from on high."