But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

And 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 make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

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

And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

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

Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

And even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

and, 'In their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"

Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of him went out through all the surrounding country.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

And they rose up and cast him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down the cliff.

And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

One day as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal.

In those days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came from him and healed them all.

He lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

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

"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

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

But the ones that fell on the good soil are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.

But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; for I know that power has gone out from me."

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

Now about eight days after these sayings, he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.

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

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

Behold, I have given you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.

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."

He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.

As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that nursed you!"

And he said, "Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

But I will show you whom you should fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear him!

But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

So the servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in the poor and the maimed, the blind and the lame.'

And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Then he told them a parable, to show that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

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

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

When Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold."

So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might catch him on what he said, in order to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

and he also saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.

So he said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of the others;

This will turn into an opportunity for you to bear testimony.

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

Watch at all times, and pray always that you may have strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man."

When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation."

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

When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."

But 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 when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed!'

And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high."