“How can I know this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?”

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

Some soldiers also questioned him: “What should we do?”

He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”

son of Melea,
son of Menna, son of Mattatha,
son of Nathan, son of David,

But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.”

In the synagogue there was a man with an unclean demonic spirit who cried out with a loud voice,

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

While He was in one of the towns, a man was there who had a serious skin disease all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged Him: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Just then some men came, carrying on a mat a man who was paralyzed. They tried to bring him in and set him down before Him.

Then the scribes and the Pharisees began to think: “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He told the paralyzed man, “I tell you: Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

Then He told them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

On another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was paralyzed.

But He knew their thoughts and told the man with the paralyzed hand, “Get up and stand here.” So he got up and stood there.

You are blessed when people hate you,
when they exclude you, insult you,
and slander your name as evil
because of the Son of Man.

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great!”

For I too am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was also with her.

Then He came up and touched the open coffin, and the pallbearers stopped. And He said, “Young man, I tell you, get up!”

The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.

When the men reached Him, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask You, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft robes? Look, those who are splendidly dressed and live in luxury are in royal palaces.

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”

Those who were at the table with Him began to say among themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?”

Then His disciples asked Him, “What does this parable mean?”

When He got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met Him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.

For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was guarded, bound by chains and shackles, he would snap the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.

When the men who tended them saw what had happened, they ran off and reported it in the town and in the countryside.

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Meanwhile, the eyewitnesses reported to them how the demon-possessed man was delivered.

The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said,

Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet and pleaded with Him to come to his house,

“Take nothing for the road,” He told them, “no walking stick, no traveling bag, no bread, no money; and don’t take an extra shirt.

(For about 5,000 men were there.)

Then He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about 50 each.”

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.”

What is a man benefited if he gains the whole world, yet loses or forfeits himself?

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and that of the Father and the holy angels.

Suddenly, two men were talking with Him—Moses and Elijah.

Peter and those with him were in a deep sleep, and when they became fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who were standing with Him.

As the two men were departing from Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it’s good for us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.

Just then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, because he’s my only child.

“Let these words sink in: The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Don’t carry a money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals; don’t greet anyone along the road.

Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion.

“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”

because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I don’t have anything to offer him.’

Now He was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon came out, the man who had been mute, spoke, and the crowds were amazed.

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then says, ‘I’ll go back to my house where I came from.’

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that man’s last condition is worse than the first.”

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation, and look—something greater than Jonah is here!

“And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God,

but whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

Then He told them a parable: “A rich man’s land was very productive.

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

You also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”

And He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

It’s like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.”

There in front of Him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.

But they kept silent. He took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place.

Then He told him: “A man was giving a large banquet and invited many.

For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will enjoy my banquet!’”

saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!”

“What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?

He also said: “A man had two sons.

because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

He also said to the disciples: “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.

So if you have not been faithful with the unrighteous money, who will trust you with what is genuine?

No household slave can be the slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t be slaves to both God and money.”

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at Him.

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was left at his gate.

He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

As He entered a village, 10 men with serious skin diseases met Him. They stood at a distance

Then He told the disciples: “The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it.

For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in His day.

“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man:

It will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back.

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect man,

I tell you that He will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find that faith on earth?”

“Two men went up to the temple complex to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

He replied, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”

Then He took the Twelve aside and told them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.