for He hath regarded the low estate of his handmaid:

"For he has regarded the humiliation of his slave, And from this hour all ages will count me blessed.

"blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he hath regarded and wrought a deliverance for his people:

When beginning his work, Jesus was about thirty years old. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, whose ancestors were--Eli,

A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.

But [then] a certain Samaritan [Note: This was a person despised by the Jews and regarded by them as a 'half-breed'], as he traveled along, came to where the [injured] man was [lying], and upon seeing him [lying there], felt deep pity [for him].

"Every person who divorces his wife and marries another woman becomes sexually unfaithful to her [i.e., because he is still regarded by God as married to his first wife. See Matt. 19:9]. And the person who marries someone who has been divorced by her husband commits sexual sin with her [i.e., because she is still rightfully married to her first husband].

And he fell on his face at Jesus' feet and thanked Him. And he was a Samaritan. [Note: Samaritans were despised by the Jews and regarded as a 'half-breeds'].

Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

Another time, speaking to people who were satisfied that they were religious, and who regarded every one else with scorn, Jesus told this parable--

But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

And a dispute arose among them as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.