because the Mighty One
has done great things for me,
and His name is holy.

He has done a mighty deed with His arm;
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;

He has toppled the mighty from their thrones
and exalted the lowly.

Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were debating in their minds whether John might be the Messiah.

They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

Some people were even bringing infants to Him so He might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.