He pulled powerful rulers from their thrones and lifted up humble people.

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

Joseph, too, went up from the city of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the City of David (called Bethlehem), because he was a descendant of the household and family of David.

When the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

When Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to the festival as usual.

Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance! Don't begin to say to yourselves, "We have father Abraham!' because I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!

His winnowing fork is in his hand to clean up his threshing floor. He'll gather the grain into his barn, but he'll burn the chaff with inextinguishable fire."

Added to all this, Herod locked John up in prison.

With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.'"

Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been raised. As was his custom, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. When he stood up to read,

Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. While the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him,

They got up, forced Jesus out of the city, and led him to the edge of the hill on which their city was built, intending to throw him off.

Then Jesus got up to leave the synagogue and went into Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a high fever, so they asked Jesus about her.

He bent over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began serving them.

When they couldn't find a way to get him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on his stretcher through the tiles into the middle of the room, right in front of Jesus.

Which is easier: to say, "Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, "Get up and walk'?

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!"

So the man immediately stood up in front of them and picked up what he had been lying on. Then he went home, praising God.

So Levi left everything behind, got up, and followed him.

But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he told the man with the paralyzed hand, "Get up, and stand in the middle of the synagogue." So he got up and stood there.

Then he went up and touched the bier, and the men who were carrying it stopped. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"

The man who had been dead sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and birds from the sky ate them up.

Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture.

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 his disciples went to him, woke him up, and kept telling him, "Master! Master! We're going to die!" He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves. They stopped, and there was calm.

Then he asked the disciples, "Where's your faith?" Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, "Who is this man? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!"

She came up behind Jesus and touched the tassel of his garment, and her bleeding stopped at once.

But he took her hand and called out, "Young lady, get up!"

So her spirit returned, and she got up at once. Then Jesus directed that she be given something to eat.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to the disciples to pass on to the crowd.

Then he told all of them, "If anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross every day, and follow me continuously,

Now about eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John, and James with him and went up on a mountain to pray.

Now Peter and the men with him had been overcome by sleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus' glory and the two men standing with him.

Just as Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter told Jesus, "Master, it's good that we're here! Let's set up three shelters one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." (Peter didn't know what he was saying.)

Jesus answered, "You unbelieving and perverted generation! How much longer must I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!"

When the days grew closer for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he was determined to continue his journey to Jerusalem.

And you, Capernaum! You won't be lifted up to heaven, will you? You'll go down to Hell!

Just then an expert in the Law stood up to test Jesus. He asked, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Suppose he answers from inside, "Stop bothering me! The door is already locked, and my children are here with us in the bedroom. I can't get up and give you anything!'

I tell you, even though that man doesn't want to get up and give him anything because he is his friend, he will get up and give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.

But he said, "Instead, how blessed are those who hear God's word and obey it!"

The queen of the south will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look, something greater than Solomon is here!

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look, something greater than Jonah is here!"

There is nothing covered up that won't be exposed and nothing secret that won't be made known.

Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

That's how it is with the person who stores up treasures for himself rather than with God."

A woman was there who had a spirit that had disabled her for eighteen years. She was hunched over and completely unable to stand up straight.

Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.

After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can stand outside, knock on the door, and say again and again, "Lord, open the door for us!' But he will answer you, "I don't know where you come from.'

But when you are invited, go and sit down at the place of least honor. Then, when your host comes, he will tell you, "Friend, move up higher,' and you will be honored in the presence of everyone who eats with you.

In the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions."

I will get up, go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and you.

"So he got up and went to his father. While he was still far away, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, threw his arms around him, and kissed him affectionately.

In the afterlife, where he was in constant torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus by his side.

because I have five brothers to warn them, so that they won't end up in this place of torture, too.'

The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you!

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

People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed all of them.

Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray all the time and never give up.

"Two men went up to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.

"But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even look up to heaven. Instead, he continued to beat his chest and said, "O God, be merciful to me, the sinner that I am!'

Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "Pay attention! We're going up to Jerusalem. Everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled,

When Jesus came to the tree, he looked up and said, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down! I must stay at your house today."

Later, Zacchaeus stood up and announced to the Lord, "Look! I'm giving half of my possessions to the destitute, and if I have accused anyone falsely, I'm repaying four times as much as I owe."

After Jesus had said this, he traveled on and went up to Jerusalem.

"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.

They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"

Now Jesus looked up and saw rich people dropping their gifts into the offering box.

Then he went on to say to them, "Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

"Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your deliverance is approaching."

And all the people would get up early in the morning to listen to him in the Temple.

Now an argument sprang up among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

When he got up from prayer, he went to the disciples and found them asleep from sorrow.

He asked them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep on praying that you may not be tempted."

Then the whole crowd got up and took him to Pilate.

But they kept insisting, "He is stirring up the people with what he teaches all over Judea, from where he started in Galilee to this place."

Then people will begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!', and to the hills, "Cover us up!'

The soldiers also made fun of Jesus by coming up and offering him sour wine,

Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. He stooped down and saw only the linen cloths. Then he went home, wondering about what had happened.

They got up right away, went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven disciples and their companions all together.

Later, he led them out as far as Bethany, lifted up his hands, and blessed them.

While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven.