Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well."

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

how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?"

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,' while you yourself don't see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

Jesus answered, "You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here."

He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you understand it?"

If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!

"I have come to bring fire on the earth -- and how I wish it were already kindled!

I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

"Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?

But when he came to his senses he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

So he contacted his master's debtors one by one. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' The second man replied, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

When Jesus noticed this, he said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.

But he said to them, "How is it that they say that the Christ is David's son?

If David then calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?"

Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.

Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,

and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

So he said to them, "You foolish people -- how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Then they told what had happened on the road, and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.