it fell to his lot, according to the priests' practice, to go into the sanctuary of the Lord and burn the incense,

And Mary said, "I am the Lord's slave. Let it be as you say." Then the angel left her.

and she gave birth to her first-born son; and she wrapped him up, and laid him in a manger, for there was no room for them at the inn.

When the angels left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Come! Let us go over to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, that the Lord has told us of!"

"Now, Master, you will let your slave go free In peace, as you promised,

A light of revelation for the heathen, And a glory to your people Israel!"

Jesus returned from the Jordan full of the holy Spirit, and he was led about in the desert

As the sun went down all who had friends sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and cured them.

And as they could find no way to get him in, on account of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his mat through the tiles, among the people in front of Jesus.

But to let you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth"??urning to the man who was paralyzed he said to him??"I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!"

And he used a figure saying, "Can one blind man lead another? Will they not both fall into a hole?

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, just let me get that speck out of your eye,' when you cannot see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First get the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see to get out the speck in your brother's eye.

He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep and laid his foundation upon the rock, and when there was a flood the torrent burst upon that house and could not shake it, because it was well built.

And some fell on good soil, and grew up and yielded a hundred fold!" As he said this he called out, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!"

"Nobody lights a lamp and then covers it with a dish or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

For there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, nor kept secret that shall not be known and come to light.

It happened one day that he got into a boat with his disciples, and said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake."

When he saw Jesus he cried out and threw himself down before him, and said in a loud voice, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"

When he got to the house, he let no one go in with him but Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother.

Just as they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! Let us put up three huts, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah!" For he did not know what he was saying.

He said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Let me first go and bury my father."

Yet another man said to him, "Master, I am going to follow you, but let me first say goodbye to my people at home."

No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a peck measure; he puts it on its stand, so that people who come in can see the light.

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is sound, your whole body is light, but when it is unsound, your body is dark.

So take care! Your very light may be darkness!

If, therefore, your whole body is light with no darkness in it at all, it will all be as light as a lamp makes things for you by its light."

But he said, "Yes, alas for you experts in the Law too! For you load men with burdens they can hardly carry, and you will not touch them yourselves with a single finger.

For what you say in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you whisper in someone's ear, behind closed doors, will be proclaimed from the housetops.

Whether he comes late at night or early in the morning and finds them on the watch, they are blessed.

But you may be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.

He answered, 'Let it stand this one year more, sir, till I dig around it and manure it;

And he laid his hands on her, and she instantly became erect, and praised God.

But the Master answered, "You hypocrites! Does not every one of you untie his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead him away to water him?

Or else when he has laid his foundation and cannot finish the building, everyone who sees it will begin to ridicule him,

It is fit neither for the ground nor the manure heap; people throw it away. Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!"

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one, does not light the lamp and sweep the house and look carefully until she finds it?

and get the calf we are fattening, and kill it, and let us feast and celebrate,

And his master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder in their relation to their own age than the sons of the light.

No servant can belong to two masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or he will stand by one and make light of the other. You cannot serve God and money!"

for I have five brothers; let him warn them so that they will not also come to this place of torture.'

Abraham answered, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them.'

Or as it was in Lot's time; they went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building,

but the day Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

Remember Lot's wife!

But Jesus called them up to him and said, "Let the children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they.

"What do you want me to do for you?" He answered, "Master, let me regain my sight!"

But when the tenants saw him, they argued with one another, 'This is his heir! Let us kill him, so that the property will belong to us!'

It will all lead to your testifying.

He said to them, "But now, if a man has a purse let him take it, and a bag too. And a man who has no sword must sell his coat and buy one.

But Jesus answered, "Let me do this much!" And he touched his ear and healed him.

When I was among you day after day in the Temple you never laid a hand on me! But you choose this hour, and the cover of darkness!"

Then they arrested him and led him away and took him to the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.

And Herod and his guards made light of him and ridiculed him, and they put a gorgeous robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.

So I will teach him a lesson and let him go."

But Pilate wanted to let Jesus go, and he called out to them again.

And he said to them a third time, "Why, what has he done that is wrong? For I have found nothing about him to call for his death. So I will teach him a lesson and let him go."

But they persisted with loud outcries in demanding that he be crucified, and their shouting won.

As they led Jesus away, they seized a man named Simon, from Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and put the cross on his back, for him to carry behind Jesus.

Two criminals were also led out to execution with him.

while the people stood looking on. Even the leading councilors jeered at him, and said, "He has saved others, let him save himself, if he is really God's Christ, his Chosen One!"

Then Jesus gave a loud cry, and said, "Father, I intrust my spirit to your hands!" With these words he expired.

Then he took it down from the cross and wrapped it in linen and laid it in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

And he led them out as far as Bethany. Then he lifted up his hands and blessed them.