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To a maiden there who was betrothed to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. Her name was Mary.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Customs ConcerningPledgesVirginThe Virgin BirthEngagementNativity of Jesus Christ

Gabriel came into her presence and said: "Hail, you who have been highly favored! The Lord is with you."

Verse ConceptsSalutationsGod With Specific PeopleSpoken Greetingsgabriel

And Elizabeth, your cousin, is herself also expecting a son in her old age; and it is now the sixth month with her, though she is called barren;

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesJohn The BaptistOld Age, Attainment OfChildlessnessMonth 6Relatives

Soon after this Mary set out, and made her way quickly into the hill-country, to a town in Judah;

Verse ConceptsHillsHasty Action

For he has remembered his servant in her lowliness; And from this hour all ages will count me happy!

Verse ConceptsFuture GenerationsGod And The HumbleBlessed By Godmindfulness

Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months, and then returned to her home.

Verse ConceptsTwo To Four MonthsIndividuals going home

And her neighbors and relations, hearing of the great goodness of the Lord to her, came to share her joy.

Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceGod Showed MercyRejoicing In God's WorksSharing

While Mary treasured up all that they said, and dwelt upon it in her thoughts.

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanMothers, Examples OfHuman IntellectMeditation

There was also a Prophetess named Hannah, a daughter of Phanuel and of the tribe of Asher. She was far advanced in years, having lived with her husband for seven years after marriage,

Verse ConceptsProphetessSeven YearsAgeWaiting Till Marriagemumsmarraigematrimonyvirginity

The Devil next led him into Jerusalem, and, placing him on the parapet of the Temple, said: "If you are God's Son throw yourself down from here,

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristWho Is Jesus?Status Of The TempleTop Of ThingsThe DevilResisting TemptationConfidence And Self Esteemjumping

"Doubtless," said Jesus, "you will remind me of the saying-- 'Doctor, cure yourself;' and you will say 'Do here in your own country all that we have heard that has been done at Capernaum.'

Verse ConceptsdoctorsPhysicianInfidelity To GodGod As DoctorJesus HealingOld Sayings

On leaving the Synagogue, Jesus went into Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a severe attack of fever, and they asked Jesus to cure her.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesMothers, Responsibilities OfPeter, The DiscipleSuffering, Nature OfMother In Laws

Bending over her, he rebuked the fever; the fever left her, and she immediately got up and began to wait upon them.

Verse ConceptsHealingFeverPeople Getting UpReproving ThingsThose Jesus Healedrebuking

Just as he approached the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out for burial--an only son, and his mother was a widow. A large number of the people of the town were with her.

Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

And placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.

Verse ConceptsKissing ChristAffection, ExpressingAnointing With OilHairsKissingPainWeepingMealsMoist ThingsPeople Drying Things UpClean FeetCare Of FeetOther References To HairOthers Mourning

And then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon: "Do you see this woman? I came into your house--you gave me no water for my feet, but she has made my feet wet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

Verse ConceptsFoot washingFeetFeet WashingGuestsWaterMealsDiscourtesyMan Providing WaterMoist ThingsPeople Drying Things UpClean FeetCare Of FeetOther References To Hair

And for this, I tell you, her sins, many as they are, have been pardoned, because she has loved greatly; but one who has little pardoned him, loves but little."

Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfLove For GodReceived OutcastsGod Has ForgivenNot Loving GodForgivenessLove And Forgiveness

Then the woman, when she saw that she was discovered, came forward trembling, and threw herself down before him; and, in the presence of all the people, she told him her reason for touching him, and that she had been cured instantly.

Verse ConceptsTremblingIndividuals TremblingTouching For HealingBowing Before MessiahHow Healing CamePeople Made KnownTelling What People DidWhy People Did Things

And every one was weeping and mourning for her. "Do not weep," Jesus said, "she is not dead; she is asleep."

Verse ConceptsLamentingMourningSorrowDo Not MournMourning The Death Of Others

But, taking her by the hand, Jesus said in a loud voice: "Child, rise!"

Verse ConceptsDead bodiesTaking By The HandGet Up!Raising Children

The child's spirit returned to her, and she instantly stood up; and Jesus ordered them to give her something to eat.

Verse ConceptsSpirit, Nature OfSpiritsPeople Getting UpPeople Providing Food

Her parents were amazed, but Jesus impressed on them that they were not to tell any one what had happened.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesChrist Concealing Things

The day was drawing to a close, when the twelve came up to him, and said: "Send the crowd away, so that they may make their way to the villages and farms round about, and find themselves lodgings and provisions, for we are in a lonely spot here."

Verse ConceptsChrist Driving Out PeopleSeeking FoodTwelve DisciplesStaying TemporarilyTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

And, as Moses and Elijah were passing away from Jesus, Peter exclaimed: "Sir, it is good to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what he was saying;

Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleBoothsThree Other ThingsBeware Of Your SpeechGood ActivityIgnorant Of Facts

But Martha was distracted by the many preparations that she was making. So she went up to Jesus and said: "Master, do you approve of my sister's leaving me to make preparations alone? Tell her to help me."

Verse ConceptsBusynessCriticism, against believersImpatienceDiscourtesyActing AloneServing ChristComplaintsServingSiblingsWorryingServing GodDoing The Right ThingServing The Churchluckdistractionscookinghelping

But only a few are necessary, or rather one. Mary has chosen the good part, and it shall not be taken away from her."

Verse ConceptsNeedHalf Of ThingsDoing The Right ThingBeauty And Self Worth

As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd, raising her voice, exclaimed: "Happy was the mother who bore you and nursed you!"

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersCrowdsWombbreasts

At the Judgment the Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and here is more than a Solomon!

Verse ConceptsQueensSouthGreatness Of ChristThe Final JudgementPeople From Far AwayThe Dead Are Raised

At the Judgment the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!

Verse Conceptsevangelism, nature ofevangelists, identity ofPreaching, Effects OfStandingGreatness Of ChristThe Final JudgementThe Dead Are Raised

Here one of the Students of the Law interrupted him by saying: "Teacher, when you say this, you are insulting us also."

Verse ConceptsInsultsLegalismInsulting Other People

And Jesus said to his disciples: "That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here--what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body--what you can get to wear.

Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsWorrySeeking FoodProvision For The BodyLiving SoulsChrist Speaking To DisciplesDo Not Be AnxiousInstruction About ClothesNot WorryingWorryingTaking Care Of Your Bodyanxious

And he saw before him a woman who for eighteen years had suffered from weakness owing to her having an evil spirit in her. She was bent double, and was wholly unable to raise herself.

Verse ConceptsCripplesMonotonyWeakness, PhysicalHelplessnessInfirmities15 To 20 YearsBent OverDemons Harming IndividualsThose DemonisedDemons Causing TormentDemons Causing IllnessSicknessIllnessBeing A Woman Of GodHope And Healing

When Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said: "Woman, you are released from your weakness."

Verse ConceptsSicknessrelaxing

But this woman, a daughter of Abraham, who has been kept in bondage by Satan for now eighteen years, ought not she to have been released from her bondage on the Sabbath?"

Verse ConceptsdaughtersCripplesevil, origins ofPainRescueSatan, Defeat OfSatan, Kingdom OfBindingSatan, Work Of15 To 20 YearsChildren Of AbrahamOn The SabbathJesus Healing On Sabbath

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! she who slays the Prophets and stones the messengers sent to her--Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen takes her brood under her wings, and you would not come!

Verse ConceptsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfAffection, ExpressingBeing Earnest For IsraelMale And FemaleMercy, Of Jesus ChristMothers, As A SymbolProphets, Lives OfSensitivityWingsChickensGathered By GodDuplicating WordsWings Of BirdsKilling ProphetsPeople Unwilling

On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant 'Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.'

Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanPoverty, Remedies ForStreetsHasteUsing RoadsTelling What People DidAngry People

And, when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, and says 'Come and rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost.'

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsGathering FriendsRejoicing In SuccessLosing A FriendLosing Friends

But, when he came to himself, he said 'How many of my father's hired servants have more bread than they can eat, while here am I starving to death!

Verse ConceptsSelf KnowledgeRegaining SanitySoliloquyNo FoodDeath Of A Fatherhomecoming

For here is my son who was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found.' So they began making merry.

Verse ConceptsSpiritually DeadFinding PeopleLost PeopleRejoicing In ReliefMissing SomeoneCelebrationBeing Lost

We could but make merry and rejoice, for here is your brother who was dead, and is alive; who was lost, and is found.'"

Verse ConceptsAlive, Description OfBeing Dead In SinSpiritually DeadLost People

'Four hundred and forty gallons of oil,' answered the man. 'Here is your agreement,' he said; 'sit down at once and make it two hundred and twenty.'

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LiquidPeople Sitting DownOther Volume Measures

And you, the steward said to the next, 'how much do you owe?' 'Seventy quarters of wheat,' he replied. 'Here is your agreement,' the steward said; 'make it fifty-six.'

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DryOther Volume MeasuresDebt

'Child,' answered Abraham, 'remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.

Verse ConceptsLimitednessRiches, Ungodly Use OfDeath Of The Saints, Results InPainful MemoriesReversalsGiving Good ThingsBad SituationsGod Has ComfortedOvercoming Adversity

And not only that, but between you and us there lies a great chasm, so that those who wish to pass from here to you cannot, nor can they cross from there to us.'

Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceGehennaProbation PeriodGapsUnable To Do Other ThingsOccupants Of HellPurgatorybridges

Nor will people say 'Look, here it is!' or 'There it is!'; for the Kingdom of God is within you!

Verse ConceptsOutside The KingdomGod Is Among You

People will say to you 'There he is! or 'Here he is!' Do not go and follow them.

Verse ConceptsPeople Following Peoplefollowing

Yet, as this widow is so troublesome, I will grant her justice, to stop her from plaguing me with her endless visits.'"

Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessTroubling IndividualsPersistenceperserverancehelptirednaggingvindicationharassment

Another servant also came and said 'Sir, here are your ten pounds; I have kept them put away in a handkerchief.

Verse ConceptsNapkinsHidden ThingsClean FacesLarge DenominationsTalents

But as for my enemies, these men who would not have me as their King, bring them here and put them to death in my presence.'"

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod KillsOvercoming EnemiesEnemies

"Go to the village facing us," he said, " and, when you get there, you will find a foal tethered, which no one has yet ridden; untie it and lead it here.

Verse ConceptsRopesOpposite SidesUnusedBinding As AnimalsAnimals Serving Human Needs

But, on seeing him, the tenants consulted with one another. 'Here is the heir!' they said. 'Let us kill him, and then the inheritance will become ours.'

Verse ConceptsInheritance, MaterialChrist Would Be Killed

The second and third brothers both took her as their wife;

Verse ConceptsSecond Being

About the woman, then--at the resurrection, whose wife is she to be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?"

Verse ConceptsSeven ChildrenMarriage No MoreTransferring Wives

For every one else here put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, has put in all she had to live upon."

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfSacrificial GivingSurplusBlessings Of The Poor

"As for these things that you are looking at, a time is coming when not one stone will be left upon another here, which will not be thrown down."

Verse ConceptsJudgement To ComeDestruction Of The TempleBuilding Stones Rejected

As soon, however, as you see Jerusalem surrounded by armed camps, then you may know that the hour of her desecration is at hand.

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemDestruction Of JerusalemEnemies SurroundingAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldKnowing FactsNear The Time Generally

"Master," they exclaimed, "look, here are two swords!" "Enough!" said Jesus.

Verse ConceptsTwo Other ThingsMore Than Enough

Presently a maidservant saw him sitting near the blaze of the fire. Fixing her eyes on him, she said: "Why, this man was one of his companions!"

Verse ConceptsSparklingLooking Intently At PeopleChrist With People On Earth

But they insisted: "He is stirring up the people by his teaching all through Judea; he began with Galilee and has now come here."

Verse ConceptsChrist TeachingPersistence

[He is not here; but he has risen.] Remember how he spoke to you before he left Galilee--

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of Christ

While they were still unable to believe it all for very joy, and were wondering if it were true, Jesus said to them: "Have you anything here to eat?"

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Jesus ChristRequesting FoodDoubting The ResurrectionRejoicing In God's Works