When he did come out he could not speak to them, so they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary; he made signs to them and remained dumb.

The angel answered her, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Most High will overshadow you; hence what is born will be called holy, Son of God.

What have I done to have the mother of my Lord come to me?

and on the eighth day came to circumcise the child. They were going to call it by the name of its father Zechariah,

By an inspiration of the Spirit he came to the temple, and when the parents of the child Jesus carried him in to perform the customary regulations of the law for him,

Now at that very hour she came up, and she offered praise to God and spoke of him to all who were on the outlook for the redemption of Jerusalem.

After spending the full number of days they came back, but the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know of this;

Then, as they failed to find him, they came back to Jerusalem in search of him.

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert;

To the crowds who came out to get baptized by him John said, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath?

Taxgatherers also came to get baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what are we to do?"

John said to them all, "I baptize you with water, but after me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

and the holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him; and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art my son, the Beloved, to-day have I become thy father."

From the Jordan Jesus came back full of the holy Spirit,

Then Jesus came back in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and the news of him spread over all the surrounding country.

Then he came to Nazaret, where he had been brought up, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue as was his custom. He stood up to read the lesson

and was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah; on opening the book he came upon the place where it was written,

All spoke well of him and marvelled at the gracious words that came from his lips; they said, "Is this not Joseph's son?"

I tell you for a fact, In Israel there were many widows during the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land:

they were astounded at his teaching, for his word came with authority.

"Ha! Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"

But Jesus checked it, saying, "Be quiet, come out of him." And after throwing him down before them the daemon did come out of him without doing him any harm.

Then amazement came over them all; they talked it over among themselves, saying, "What does this mean? He orders the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!"

When day broke he went away out to a lonely spot, but the crowds made inquiries about him, came to where he was, and tried to keep him from leaving them.

Then they made signals to their mates in the other boat to come and assist them. They came and filled both the boats, till they began to sink.

One day he was teaching, and near him sat Pharisees and doctors of the Law who had come from every village of Galilee and Judaea as well as from Jerusalem. Now the power of the Lord was present for the work of healing.

Some men came up carrying a man who was paralysed; they tried to carry him inside and lay him in front of Jesus,

I have not come to call just men but sinners to repentance."

A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast at that time."

With them he came down the hill and stood on a level spot. There was a great company of his disciples with him, and a large multitude of people from all Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to get cured of their diseases.

He is like a man engaged in building a house, who dug deep down and laid his foundation on the rock; when a flood came, the river dashed against that house but could not shake it, for it had been well built.

so, when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and make his servant well.

and so I did not consider myself fit even to come to you. Just say the word, and let my servant be cured.

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Come, what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft robes? Those who are gorgeously dressed and luxurious live in royal palaces.

Come, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.

For John the Baptist has come, eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a devil';

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!'

Then turning to the woman he said to Simon, "You see this woman? When I came into your house, you never gave me water for my feet, while she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair;

you never gave me a kiss, while ever since she came in she has kept pressing kisses on my feet;

No one lights a lamp and hides it under a vessel or puts it below the bed: he puts it on a stand so that those who come in can see the light.

During the voyage he fell asleep. But when a gale of wind came down on the lake and they were being swamped and in peril,

(For he had charged the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many a time when it had seized hold of him, he had been fastened secure in fetters and chains, but he would snap his bonds and be driven by the daemon into the desert.)

and the daemons came out of the man and went into the swine; the drove rushed down the steep slope into the lake and were suffocated.

The people came out to see what had occurred and when they reached Jesus they discovered the man whom the daemons had left, seated at the feet of Jesus, clothed and sane. That frightened them.

A man called Jairus came, who was a president of the synagogue, and falling at the feet of Jesus entreated him to come to his house,

came up behind him and touched the tassel of his robe. Her hemorrhage instantly ceased.

So when the woman saw she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him she told before all the people why she had touched him and how she had been instantly cured.

He was still speaking when someone came from the house of the synagogue-president to say, "Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the teacher any further."

When he reached the house he would not allow anyone to come in with him except Peter and James and John, and the child's father and mother.

Then the apostles came back and described all they had done to Jesus. He took them and retired in private to a town called Bethsaida,

Now as the day began to decline the twelve came up to him and said, "Send the crowd off to lodge in the villages and farms around and get provisions there, for here we are in a desert place."

He said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross day after day, and so follow me;

As he spoke, a cloud came and overshadowed them. They were awestruck as they passed into the cloud,

but a voice came from the cloud, "This is my Son, my Chosen one; listen to him."

Next day, when they came down the hill, a large crowd met him.

So when the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, will you have us bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?"

Then, if there is a soul there breathing peace, your peace will rest on him; otherwise it will come back to you.

The seventy came back with joy. "Lord," they said, "the very daemons obey us in your name."

So did a Levite who came to the spot; he looked at him but passed on the opposite side.

However a Samaritan traveller came to where he was and felt pity when he saw him;

Now Martha was so busy attending to them that she grew worried; she came up and said, "Lord, is it all one to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Come, tell her to lend me a hand."

for a friend of mine travelling has come to my house and I have nothing to set before him.'

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

No one lights a lamp to put it in a cellar or under a bowl, but on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.

Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them.

I have come to throw fire on earth. Would it were kindled already!

It was at this time that some people came to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

And he told this parable. "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; he came in search of fruit on it but he found none.

So he said to the vinedresser, 'Here have I come for three years in search of fruit on this fig tree without finding any; cut it down, why should it take up space?'

But the president of the synagogue was annoyed at Jesus healing on the sabbath, and he said to the crowd, "There are six days for work to be done; come during them to get healed, instead of on the sabbath."

once the master of the House has got up and closed the door. You may stand outside and knock at the door, crying, 'Lord, open for us,' but he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'

'I tell you,' he will say, 'I do not know where you come from; begone everyone of you, you evildoers.'

Yes, and people will come from east and west and north and south to their places at the feast within the Realm of God.

Just then some Pharisees came up to tell him, "Get away from here, for Herod intends to kill you."

At the hour for supper he sent his servant to tell the guests, 'Come, things are all ready.'

Another said, 'I have married a wife; that is why I cannot come.'

the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the roads and hedges and make people come in, to fill up my house.

whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

But when he came to his senses he said, 'How many hired men of my father have more than enough to eat, and here am I perishing of hunger!

for my son here was dead and he has come to life, he was lost and he is found.' So they began to make merry.

Now his elder son was out in the field, and as he came near the house he heard music and dancing;

This angered him, and he would not go in. His father came out and tried to appease him,

We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

and fain to eat up the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. (The very dogs used to come and lick his ulcers.)

for I have five brothers; let him bear testimony to them, that they may not come to this place of torture as well.'

To his disciples he said, "It is inevitable that hindrances should come, but woe to the man by whom they come;

Which of you, with a servant out ploughing or shepherding, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your place at table'?

To his disciples he said, "There will come days when you will long and long in vain to have even one day of the Son of man.

they were eating, drinking, marrying and being married, till the day Noah entered the ark ??then came the deluge and destroyed them all.

I tell you, he will quickly see justice done to his elect! And yet, when the Son of man does come, will he find faith on earth?"

but Jesus called for the infants. "Let the children come to me," he said, "do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

When Jesus heard this he said to him, "You lack one thing more; sell all you have, distribute the money among the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

who does not receive ever so much more in this present world, and in the world to come life eternal."

But when Jesus reached the spot he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down at once, for I must stay at your house to-day."

He came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

And Jesus said of him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since Zacchaeus here is a son of Abraham.

For the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost."

He went on to tell a parable in their hearing, as he was approaching Jerusalem and as they imagined God's Reign would instantly come into view.

He first called his ten servants, giving them each a five-pound note, and telling them, 'Trade with this till I come back.'