It happened that in the days of Herod, king of Judea, [there was] a certain priest, Zechariah by name, of the division of Abijah. And {he had a wife} from the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elizabeth.

And [when he] came out he was not able to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them, and remained unable to speak.

And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?"

And her neighbors and relatives heard that {the Lord had shown his great mercy to her}, and they rejoiced with her.

salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all those who hate us,

And it happened that when the angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds began to say to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has revealed to us!"

And [when they] saw [it], they made known the statement that had been told to them about this child.

And all who heard [it] were astonished concerning what had been said to them by the shepherds.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit [that he would] not see death before he would see the Lord's Christ.

And when they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done,

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and had him stand on the highest point of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

And [when] the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a favorable time.

And he came to Nazareth, where {he had been brought up}, and according to {his custom} he entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and stood up to read.

And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

Now [as] the sun was setting, all who had those who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and placing [his] hands on every one of them, he healed them.

and he saw two boats there beside the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them [and] were washing their nets.

For amazement had seized him and all those [who were] with him at the catch of fish that they had caught,

And it happened that on one of the days as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting [there] who {had come} from every village of Galilee and Judea and [from] Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was [there] in order [for] him to heal.

And immediately he stood up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, [and] went away to his home, glorifying God.

But he knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Get up and stand in the middle," and he got up [and] stood there.

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile [you] and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

he is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And [when] a flood came, the river burst against that house and was not able to shake it, because it had been built well.

After he had finished all his statements in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

And [when they] returned to the house, those who had been sent found the slave healthy.

And as he approached the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, his mother's only son, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

And [when] the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep!"

And [when] the messengers of John had departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

(And all the people, [when they] heard [this]--even the tax collectors--affirmed the righteousness of God, [because they] had been baptized [with] the baptism of John,

but the Pharisees and the legal experts rejected the purpose of God for themselves, [because they] had not been baptized by him.)

and standing behind [him] at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with [her] tears and was wiping [them] with the hair of her head and was kissing his feet and anointing [them] with the perfumed oil.

You did not anoint my head with olive oil, but she anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

and some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (who was called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

And [as] he got out on the land, a certain man from the town met [him] who had demons and for a considerable time had not worn clothes and did not live in a house, but among the tombs.

For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, and he was bound with chains and shackles [and] was guarded, and breaking the bonds he would be driven by the demon into the deserted places.)

So Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," because many demons had entered into him.

And [when] the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and reported [it] in the town and in the countryside.

So they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid.

And those who had seen [it] reported to them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

And all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, because they had been seized with great fear. So he got into the boat [and] returned.

And the man from who the demons had gone out was begging him to stay with him, but he sent him away, saying,

"Return to your home and tell all that God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

because {he had} an only daughter, about twelve years [old], and she was dying. Now as he was going, the crowds were pressing against him.

And a woman who was {suffering from hemorrhages} for twelve years (who, [although she] had spent all [her] assets on physicians, was not able to be healed by anyone)

And [when] the woman saw that she did not escape notice, she came trembling and falling down before him. In the presence of all the people, she told for what reason she had touched him, and that she was healed immediately.

And her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.

and by some that Elijah had appeared, and others that some prophet of ancient times had risen.

And [when they] returned, the apostles described to him all that they had done. And he took them along [and] withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

But [when] the crowds found out, they followed him, and welcoming them, he began to speak to them about the kingdom of God, and he cured those who had need of healing.

And they did so, and had [them] all sit down.

And after the voice had occurred, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.

Now it happened that on the next day, [when] they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.

But Jesus, [because he] knew the thoughts of their hearts, took hold of a child and had him stand beside him

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky [have] nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay [his] head."

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!

But a certain Samaritan who was traveling came up to him and, [when he] saw [him], had compassion.

And {she had} a sister named Mary, who also sat at the feet of Jesus [and] was listening to his teaching.

And he was expelling a mute demon. Now it happened that [when] the demon came out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were astonished.

During {this time} [when] a crowd of many thousands had gathered together, so that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware for yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered! Do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

But understand this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.

"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!

And when [you see] the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be burning heat,' and it happens.

Now at the same time some had come to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

And he told this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find [any].

And behold, a woman [was there] who had a spirit {that had disabled her} [for] eighteen years, and she was bent over and not able to straighten herself up completely.

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered [and] said to the crowd, "There are six days on which it is necessary to work. Therefore come [and] be healed on them, and not on the day of the Sabbath!"

It is like yeast that a woman took [and] hid in three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."

Now he told a parable to those who had been invited [when he] noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them,

And he also said to the one who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or wealthy neighbors, lest they also invite you [in return], and repayment come to you.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, {he cannot be} my disciple.

And [when she] has found [it], she calls together [her] friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found the drachma that I had lost!'

And he said, "A certain man had two sons.

And [after] he had spent everything, there was a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

And he set out [and] came to his own father. But [while] he was still a long way away, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran {and embraced him} and kissed him.

And he also said to the disciples, "A certain man was rich, who had a manager. And charges were brought to him that this person was squandering his possessions.

And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder than the sons of light with regard to their own generation.

No domestic slave is able to serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and will despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money."

And it happened that when he returned [after] receiving the kingdom, he ordered these slaves to whom he had given the money to be summoned to him, so that he could know what they had gained by trading.

And another came, saying, 'Sir, behold your mina, which I had put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

And [after he] had said these [things], he traveled on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

So those who were sent went [and] found [it] just as he had told them.

Now [as] he was drawing near by this time to the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a loud voice for all the miracles that they had seen,

saying, "If you had known on this day--even you--the things [that make] for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay [their] hands on him at [that] same hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had told this parable with reference to them.

Therefore in the resurrection, the woman--whose wife will she be? For the seven had her [as] wife."

For these all put [gifts] into the offering out of their abundance, but this [woman] out of her poverty put in all the means of subsistence that she had."

Even a hair of your head will never perish!

So they went [and] found [everything] just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

And in the same way the cup after [they] had eaten, saying, "This cup [is] the new covenant in my blood which is poured out for you.

And Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come out against him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber?

And [when they] had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

And [after] about one hour had passed, someone else was insisting, saying, "In truth this man also was with him, because he is also a Galilean!"

And [when] Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him.

And both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on [that] same day, {for they had previously been enemies of one another}.

(who had been thrown in prison because of a certain insurrection that had taken place in the city, and [for] murder)

And he released the one who had been thrown into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they were asking for, but Jesus he handed over to their will.

Now [when] the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!"