In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."

His winnowing fork is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire."

Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

So the news about him spread into all areas of the region.

He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch."

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive."

He also told them a parable: "Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won't they both fall into a pit?

"Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice -- I will show you what he is like:

But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!"

When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table.

One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out,

For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.

Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission.

So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left.

Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, "Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place."

A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.

"Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men."

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

He said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.

Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?"

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation."

But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

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!

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

Then he said to them, "Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?"

I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.'

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.

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don't come into this place of torment.'

It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of robbers!"

Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.

He said to them, "Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters,

When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."

So he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!"

Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance.

(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And after he said this he breathed his last.

that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again."

Wasn't it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?"

Now during the blessing he departed and was taken up into heaven.