But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord."

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."

and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"

Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.

They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"

It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me."

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

It happened about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.

Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."

Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."

He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.

It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

"That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

"Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."

Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."

They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.

He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you don't enter into temptation."

and said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."

When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."

From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'

Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."