Now you will keep silent and be unable to talk until the day when this takes place, because you did not believe what I told you, for it will be fulfilled at the proper time."

Then Mary said, "I am the Lord's slave. May what you say take place with me." Then the angel left her.

Then when the angel left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has told us."

So they hurried to the place and found Joseph and Mary; also the baby lying in the manger.

The roll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him, and He unrolled it and found the place where it was written:

And so news of Him continued to spread to every place in the surrounding region.

Then He came down with them and took His stand on a level place, where there was a great throng of His disciples and a vast crowd of people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and the seacoast district of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases.

continue to bless those who curse you, and continue to pray for those who abuse you.

They are like little children sitting in the market-place and calling to their fellows in the game: "'We played the wedding march for you, but you did not dance. We sang the funeral dirge, but you did not mourn.'

Now one of the Pharisees invited Him to take dinner with him. So He came to the Pharisee's house and took His place at the table.

When the men who fed them saw what had taken place, they fled and spread the news in the town and in the country around.

So the people went out to see what had taken place, and they went to Jesus and found the man out of whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, with his clothes on and in his right mind; and they were frightened.

And her parents were astounded, but He ordered them not to tell anyone what had taken place.

Now Herod the governor heard of all that was taking place, and he continued to be puzzled over the reports -- by some that John had risen from the dead,

As the day began to decline, the Twelve came up and said to Him, "Send the crowd off to the villages and farms around, to get lodging and to find food there, for we are in a destitute place here."

After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on before Him, two by two, to every town or place which He was going to visit.

So a Levite likewise came down to the place, but when he saw him, he went by on the other side.

Once He was praying in a certain place, and when He ceased, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."

When He had said this, a Pharisee asked Him to lunch at his house, and He went in and took His place at table.

"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding supper, never take the best place, for someone of greater distinction than you may have been invited,

so that your host may not come and say to you, 'Make room for this man'; and then in embarrassment you will proceed to take and keep the lowest place.

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.

(for I have five brothers) to warn them, that they too may not come to this place of torture.'

And as Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for today I must stop at your house."

Then they asked Him, "Teacher, when will this be? And what is the sign that it is about to take place?"

And when you hear of wars and tumults, never be panic-stricken. For this has to take place first, but the end will not come all at once."

But before all this takes place, people will arrest you and persecute you, and turn you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

When these things begin to take place, look up and lift your heads, for your deliverance is drawing near."

So when you see these things taking place, you must understand that the kingdom of God is near.

"I solemnly say to you, this generation will not pass away before all this takes place.

But ever be watching and always praying, so that you may have strength to escape all this that is going to take place, and so you may take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

Now when the hour came, He took His place at the table, with the apostles about Him.

Those who were about Him saw what was about to take place, and said, "Lord, shall we use our swords now?"

When they reached the place called "The Skull," they crucified Him there; also the criminals, one at His right and one at His left.

When the captain saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "He certainly was an innocent man!"

And all the crowds who had come together for this sight, when they had seen what took place, returned to the city but continued to beat their breasts in grief.

[Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb, and stooped down and saw the linen clothes but nothing else. Then he went home wondering at what had taken place.]

and were talking together about all these things that had taken place.

Finally one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered Him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who has not heard of the things that have taken place there in these last days?"

And after He had taken His place at table with them, He took the loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them.