Now you will keep silent and be unable to talk until the day when this takes place, because you did not believe what I told you, for it will be fulfilled at the proper time."

"This is what the Lord has done for me when He smiled upon me to take away my disgrace among men."

Then Mary said, "I am the Lord's slave. May what you say take place with me." Then the angel left her.

Now in those days an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census of the whole world should be taken.

This, the first census, was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Then when the angel left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has told us."

But a time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them; at that time they will fast."

Then Jesus said to them, "Is it right on the Sabbath to do people good, or to do them evil, to save life or to take it?"

To the man who strikes you on one cheek, offer him the other too; and from the man who takes away your coat, do not keep back your shirt either,

Practice giving to everyone who asks of you, and stop demanding back your goods from him who takes them away.

Now one of the Pharisees invited Him to take dinner with him. So He came to the Pharisee's house and took His place at the table.

The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away.

So take care how you listen, for whoever gets more will have more given to him, and whoever does not get more will have even what he thinks he has taken away from him."

When the men who fed them saw what had taken place, they fled and spread the news in the town and in the country around.

So the people went out to see what had taken place, and they went to Jesus and found the man out of whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, with his clothes on and in his right mind; and they were frightened.

And her parents were astounded, but He ordered them not to tell anyone what had taken place.

So He said to them, "Take nothing with you for your journey, no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, nor even have two shirts.

And they all ate and had aplenty, and what they had left over was taken up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

Now as the time was coming to a head when He should be taken up to heaven, He firmly set His face to continue His journey to Jerusalem;

The next day he took out a half dollar and handed it to the innkeeper, and said, 'Take care of him, and on my way back I will repay you.'

But Martha was getting worried about having to wait on them so much, so she came up suddenly and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the housework alone? Then tell her to take hold and help me."

But there is actual need of few things, really of only one thing. For Mary has chosen the good portion which must not be taken away from her."

A curse on you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to the door of knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you kept out those who tried to get in."

For instance, when you are on the way to court with your opponent, take the utmost pains on the way to get entirely rid of him, so that he may not rush you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the sheriff, and the sheriff put you in prison.

People will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their seats at the feast in the kingdom of God.

One Sabbath, when He went to take a meal at the house of a Pharisee who was a member of the council, they continued to watch Him closely.

"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding supper, never take the best place, for someone of greater distinction than you may have been invited,

so that your host may not come and say to you, 'Make room for this man'; and then in embarrassment you will proceed to take and keep the lowest place.

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.

take the fattening calf and kill it, and let us feast and celebrate,

Then the manager said to himself, What shall I do, because my master is going to take my position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

I know what I will do -- I will ask them to take me into their homes when I am removed from my position.

He answered, 'Nine hundred gallons of oil.' Then he said to him, 'Take your bill and sit right down and write four hundred and fifty.'

Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He answered, 'Twelve hundred bushels of wheat:' He said to him, 'Take your bill and write nine hundred and sixty.'

So he called and said, 'Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue, because I am ceaselessly tortured in this flame.'

"What man among you, if he has a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your seat at the table,'

and raised their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, do take pity on us!"

I tell you, two men will be in the same bed that night; one will be taken, the other left.

Two women will be grinding together; one will be taken, the other left."

So he said to the bystanders, 'Take the twenty dollars away from him and give it to the man who has the two hundred.'

'I tell you, the man who gets will have more given to him, but the man who does not get will have even what he has taken away from him!

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us a law that, if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, the man should take the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

Then they asked Him, "Teacher, when will this be? And what is the sign that it is about to take place?"

So He said, "You must take care not to be misled about it! For many will come bearing the name of Messiah, and saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not go after them.

And when you hear of wars and tumults, never be panic-stricken. For this has to take place first, but the end will not come all at once."

But before all this takes place, people will arrest you and persecute you, and turn you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

When these things begin to take place, look up and lift your heads, for your deliverance is drawing near."

"I solemnly say to you, this generation will not pass away before all this takes place.

But ever be watching and always praying, so that you may have strength to escape all this that is going to take place, and so you may take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

Then He received a cup of wine, gave thanks, and said, "Take this and share it among you,

Then He said to them, "But now the man who has a purse must take it, and a bag too. And the man who does not have a sword must sell his coat and buy one.

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet, not my will but always yours be done!"

Those who were about Him saw what was about to take place, and said, "Lord, shall we use our swords now?"

Then Jesus said to the high priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come to take Him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as though I were a robber?

And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had taken their seats together, Peter, too, was sitting among them.

When the captain saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "He certainly was an innocent man!"

[Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb, and stooped down and saw the linen clothes but nothing else. Then he went home wondering at what had taken place.]

and were talking together about all these things that had taken place.

Finally one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered Him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who has not heard of the things that have taken place there in these last days?"

And after He had taken His place at table with them, He took the loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them.

And while He was blessing them, He parted from them, and was taken up to heaven.