"Thus the Lord has done to me, in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people."

For he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly.

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them, but his mother kept all these things in her heart.

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."

But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the other evil things Herod had done,

He took him to Jerusalem, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here;

Then he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

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.

Then he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and he was teaching them on the Sabbath.

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him without doing him any harm.

Then he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."

And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets."

And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets were breaking.

When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!"

When they could not find a way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.

And he came down with them and stood on a level place with a crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and be healed of their diseases,

Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you."

And when a great crowd came together and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:

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

As they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in danger.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!"

Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

"Return to your home, and tell how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.

And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done; and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,

And when the apostles returned, they told him what they had done. Then he took them with him and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida.

For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."

And they did so, and made them all sit down.

On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.

But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say,

'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.'

I tell you, it will be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades!

Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothing, beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.

While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in and sat at table.

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

So he said to the keeper of his vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?'

And if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, you can cut it down.'"

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

When he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they watched him.

"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest one more distinguished than you be invited by him;

And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

Or what king, going to make war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' So he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

"Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'?

So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"

As he entered a village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.

Then said Jesus, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

On that day, let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away. And likewise let him who is in the field not turn back.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today."

So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully.

So he called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business till I come.'

Then came the first, saying, ' Master, your mina has earned ten minas more.'

And he said to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, be in authority over ten cities.'

for I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.'

He said to him, 'I will judge you out of your own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.'

And they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas already!'

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a den of robbers."

"As for these things which you see, the days will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly like a trap.

And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed,

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done."

When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had desired to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.

neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him;

Then he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong."

Then he took it down and wrapped it in linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had ever yet been laid.

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen wrappings lying by themselves; and he went away, marveling to himself at what had happened.