Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well."

the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants

This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.

But the worker answered him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.

Then the slave said, 'Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.'

Jesus said to his disciples, "Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

So the first one came before him and said, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.'

Then the second one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has made five minas.'

Then another slave came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

But they said to him, 'Sir, he has ten minas already!'

The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,