But the Angel said to him. "Do not be afraid, Zachariah, because your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.

"He shall go before Him in the wisdom and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and so to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."

"And behold, you shall conceive in your womb and bear a son; and you shall call his name Jesus.

"The Holy Spirit shall come upon you," said the angel, "and the power of the most High shall overshadow you, and therefore the holy offspring which is born, shall be called the son of God.

"For no word of God shall be void of power."

To deliver us from our enemies, and from the power Of all who hate us.

And they also offered a sacrifice as commanded in the Law of the Lord A pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons.

"They will bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy food against a stone."

Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and his fame spread throughout all the surrounding country,

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me Because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to the prisoners, And recovery of sight to the blind; To set at liberty those that are bruised,

they rose, hurried him outside the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, intending to cast him down headlong.

All were amazed, and began to ask one another, saying. "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits and they come out."

But Jesus himself habitually withdrew into solitary places, and there used to pray.

One day he was teaching, and near to him were seated Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

"Nor does any one pour new wine into old wine-skins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and will itself be spilled, and the skins be destroyed

It happened about that time that he went out into the mountain to pray. He continued all night in prayer to God.

The whole crowd were trying to touch him, because power emanated from him and cured them all.

Then raising his eyes upon his disciples he began to say to them. "Blessed are you poor, For the kingdom of God is yours.

Bless those who curse you, pray for those who calumniate you.

"Pardon, and you shall be pardoned; Give, and gifts shall be given to you; Full measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they shall pour into your bosom. For with what measure you measure, they will measure back to you."

So he answered them. "Go your way, tell John what you have seen and heard. How the blind are seeing, the lame are walking, the lepers are being cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised, and the poor are hearing the proclamations of glad tidings.

But Jesus said: "Some one did touch me; for I perceived that the power was proceeding out of me."

Then he called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal;

About eight days after this it happened that Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and went up on the mountain to pray.

"O faithless and perverse generation," said Jesus, "how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son to me."

And they were all awestruck at the mighty power of God. But while everyone was marveling at what he was doing, he said to his disciples.

And he thus addressed them. "The harvest is abundant, but the harvesters are few. do you therefore pray the lord of the harvest to send forth harvesters into his harvest.

"Behold, I give you the power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy. In no case shall anything do you harm.

It happened he was praying in a certain place, and when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Master, teach us how to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,

"Do you say that I am casting out demons by the power of Beelzebub? If I then am casting out demons by Beelzebub, by whom are your sons casting them out? They therefore shall be your judges.

It happened while he was saying this, that a certain woman out of the crowd shouted to him, saying, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breast that you have sucked."

"I will warn you whom you ought to fear. Fear him who, after he was after he has killed, has power to throw you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

Then he spoke to them in a parable. "The ground of a certain rich man bore heavy crops.

"But when you make a reception, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.

"And they all, without exception, proceeded to excuse themselves. The first told him. 'I have bought a field, and must needs go and see it. Pray have me excused.'

"The second said: 'I have bought five yolk of oxen and am on my way to try them. I pray that you will have me excused.'

"So the slave came and presented all these answers to his master. Then the master of the house was indignant, and said to his slave. 'Go out, quickly, into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the blind, the lame.'

He also taught them by a parable how they ought always to pray and never to lose heart.

"Two men are going up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a tax-gatherer.

"The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "'O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer;

"You know the commandments. "Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother."

And receiving this reply, Jesus said to him. "One thing you are still lacking. Sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me."

But Zaccheus stood up and said to the Lord, "I give half my property to the poor, Lord, and if I have defrauded any man of anything I am restoring it to him fourfold."

So he said: "A certain nobleman went abroad to receive for himself royal power and to return.

"And upon his return after he had secured the royal power, he ordered the slaves to whom he had given the money to be called in, so that he might know what they had gained by trading.

"Show me a shilling. Whose image and superscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they replied.

And he saw a certain poor widow casting in two mites

And he said: "Of truth I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than they all;

"and then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

But he arrived at the place he said to them, "Pray that you enter not into temptation."

and said to them. "Why are you asleep? Get up, and pray that you enter not into temptation."

"When daily I was with you in the temple you did not stretch out your hands to take me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness."

"But from henceforth the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

"but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have never bore children, and the breasts that never suckled.'

"You must bear testimony to this.

"And I will send forth the promise of my Father upon you. But tarry in Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."