and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”

In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.

And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this domain and its glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;

And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately got up and waited on them.

Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

This report concerning Him went out all over Judea and in all the surrounding district.

“Now no one after lighting a lamp covers it over with a container, or puts it under a bed; but he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.

And He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.

And they all ate and were satisfied; and the broken pieces which they had left over were picked up, twelve baskets full.

Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.

All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”

Woe to you! For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.”

But He said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?”

For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.”

As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.

I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’

now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?

For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and mistreated and spit upon,

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.’

And he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’

But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence.”

When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,

And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’

But they kept on insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as this place.”

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour,

But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them.