But the angel said to him:

Do not be afraid, Zechariah,
because your prayer has been heard.
Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son,
and you will name him John.

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

The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and tell you this good news.

“I am the Lord’s slave,” said Mary. “May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Reaching out His hand, He touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean,” and immediately the disease left him.

Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over—will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Jesus went with them, and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, “Lord, don’t trouble Yourself, since I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

This is the one it is written about:

Look, I am sending My messenger
ahead of You;
he will prepare Your way before You.

While He was praying in private and His disciples were with Him, He asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

“But you,” He asked them, “who do you say that I am?”

Peter answered, “God’s Messiah!”

In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what must be said.”

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!

“Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe?’

“‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said.

“‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write 80.’

‘Father Abraham!’ he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!’

and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

He answered them, “I will also ask you a question. Tell Me,

Then He said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

Then he will show you a large, furnished room upstairs. Make the preparations there.”

For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the One who serves.

I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one on Me,

He went out and made His way as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.

After a little while, someone else saw him and said, “You’re one of them too!”

“Man, I am not!” Peter said.

They all asked, “Are You, then, the Son of God?”

And He said to them, “You say that I am.”

And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”