Once when he was acting as priest before God, when his division was on duty, it fell to his lot,

and with a loud shout she said: "Blessed are you among women, And blessed is your child!

and she bore her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him up and laid Him in a manger, for there was no room for them at the inn.

Then when the angel left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has told us."

"Now, Master, you will let your slave go free in peace, as you have promised;

a light of revelation to the heathen, and a glory to your people Israel."

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and for forty days He was led about in the desert under the Spirit's guidance,

Now there was a man in the synagogue who was under the power of the spirit of a foul demon, and he screamed with a loud voice,

Even demons came out of many people, shrieking and saying, "You are the Son of God!" But He reproved them and would not let them speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.

And as they could not find a way because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his pallet through the tiles, among the people right in front of Jesus.

Then He told them a story: "Can one blind man lead another? Will they not both fall into the ditch?

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

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

And so I did not deem myself worthy even to come to you. But simply speak the word, and let my servant-boy be cured.

And another portion fell in rich soil and grew and yielded a crop of a hundredfold." As He said this, He exclaimed, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!"

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

For there is nothing hidden which shall not come out into the open, and nothing kept secret which shall not be known and come to light.

One day He got into a boat with His disciples, and He said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake." So they set sail.

When he saw Jesus, he screamed and flung 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!"

Now there was a large drove of hogs feeding there on the hillside. So they begged Him to let them go into those hogs. And He let them do so.

The man out of whom the demons had gone begged Him to let him go with Him, but Jesus sent him away and said,

When He reached the house, He let no one go in with Him but Peter, James, and John, and the child's father and mother.

And just as they were starting to leave Him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" -- although he did not know what he was saying.

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

Still another man said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say 'Goodbye' to the homefolks."

and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who does us wrong, and do not let us be subjected to temptation.'"

No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a peck-measure, but he puts it on the lampstand, that the people who come in may enjoy the light.

Your eye is the very lamp of your body. When your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light. But if your eye is unsound, your body is full of darkness.

So be on your guard that the very source of light in you is not darkness.

If then your whole body is full of light with no part of it in darkness, it will all be as light for you as it is when a lamp makes it light for you by its shining."

He said, "Yes, a curse on you experts in the law, too, because you load people down with loads too heavy to carry, and yet you do not touch the loads yourselves with one of your fingers!

because what you have spoken in darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in people's ears, behind closed doors, will be proclaimed from the housetops.

Then I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Go on taking your ease; continue to eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

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

Then He laid His hands on her, and at once she straightened herself up and burst into praising God.

Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not everyone of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey and lead him out of the stable to water him?

Lest, perchance, after he has laid the foundation but cannot complete the building, all who see it begin to make sport of him,

It is fit for neither soil nor manure. People throw it away. Let him who has ears to hear with give heed!"

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

take the fattening calf and kill it, and let us feast and celebrate,

And his master praised the dishonest manager, because he acted with shrewd business sense, for the men of the world act with more business sense toward their fellows than the men who enjoy spiritual light.

And a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been laid at his gate,

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

But one of them, when he saw that he was cured, came back, praising God with a loud voice,

It was so in the time of Lot; people continued to eat, drink, buy, sell, plant, and build;

and the very day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

Remember Lot's wife!

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop preventing them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

But another one came in and said, 'Here is your twenty dollars, sir, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief.

But when the tenants saw him, they argued among themselves, 'This is the heir; let us kill him, so that what he inherits may be ours.'

Then let those in Judea begin to fly to the mountains, and those within the city begin to get out of it,

While I was among you day after day in the temple, you never laid a hand on me! But this is your opportunity, even the power which darkness gives you!"

Then they arrested Him and led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest. Peter was following at a distance.

So I will flog Him and let Him go."

But they all together began to shout, "Away with this fellow, but let us have Barabbas released!

Then Pilate again appealed to them, for He wanted to let Jesus go.

Then a third time he spoke to them, "Why, what wrong has He done? I have found nothing in Him deserving the death penalty. So I will flog Him and let Him go."

But they continued to press him with loud voices in their ceaseless demands that He be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.

Now as they led Him away, they seized a man named Simon, from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and put the cross on his shoulders, for him to carry as he walked behind Jesus.

Two others, criminals, were also led out to be executed with Him.

Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. Even the members of the council were scoffing at Him and saying, "He saved others, let Him now save Himself, if He really is the Christ of God, His Chosen One!"

Then Jesus uttered a loud cry, and said, "Father, I now commit my spirit to your care." As He said this He breathed His last.

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

So the women, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, followed closely after Joseph and saw the tomb and how His body was laid there.

Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted up His hands and blessed them.