according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the men, the shepherds, said one to another, "Let us go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

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

He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise."

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

He led him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he shouted with a loud voice,

When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

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

Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets."

Not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus.

Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite. First remove the log from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

"No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.

Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out.

When he saw Jesus, he shouted, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me."

He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.

"Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men."

Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'"

"No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

Therefore see whether the light that is in you is not darkness.

If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

He said, "Woe to you Law scholars also. For you load people with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

"Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning.

He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.

Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites. Does not each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, would not light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;

"His lord commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness, for the sons of this world are, in their own generation, more shrewd than the sons of light.

"But Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the Prophets. Let them listen to them.'

One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.

Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.

In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

Remember Lot's wife.

Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me."

Another came, saying, 'Lord, look, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,

As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,

"But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

He said, "Watch out that you do not get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Therefore do not follow them.

Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.

They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.

But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this"?and he touched his ear, and healed him.

They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance.

A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."

As soon as it was day, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.

When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and placed on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.

There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.

The people stood watching. The rulers also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Messiah of God, his Chosen One."

Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." Having said this, he breathed his last.

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