For the Mighty One has done great things for me; and holy is His name.

He has put down rulers from their seats and exalted the lowly,

And seeing Him, they were amazed. And His mother said to Him, Child, why have you done so to us? Behold, your father and I have looked for you, greatly distressed.

And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

But Herod the tetrarch (being reproved by him on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done)

And the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily shape, like a dove on Him. And a voice came from Heaven, which said, You are My Son, the Beloved; I am delighted in You.

And he brought Him to Jerusalem and sat Him on a pinnacle of the temple and said to Him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here.

And rolling up the book, returning it to the attendant, He sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on Him.

And He said to them, You will surely say this proverb to Me, Physician, heal yourself. Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your native-place.

And they rose up and thrust Him outside the city, and led Him up to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, in order to throw Him down.

And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.

And He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, He asked him to thrust out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the people out of the boat.

And as He stopped speaking, He said to Simon, Launch out into the deep and let your nets down for a haul.

And answering, Simon said to Him, Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing. Yet at Your word I will let down the net.

And not finding a way by which they might bring him in through the crowd, going up on the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst, before Jesus.

And coming down with them, He stood on a level place. And a crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon (who came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases) were there;

Give, and it shall be given to you, good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over, they shall give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured to you again.

And they sailed down to the country of the Gadarenes, which is across from Galilee.

And seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him and said with a loud voice, What is to me and to You, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I beseech You, Do not torment me!

And coming out of the man, the demons entered into the pigs. And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake and were choked.

And they went out to see what had been done. And they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had departed sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Return to your own house and declare what God has done to you. And he went his way and proclaimed throughout all the city what great things Jesus had done to him.

And behold, a man named Jairus came, and he was a synagogue-ruler. And he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged Him that He would come into his house.

And seeing that she was not hidden, the woman came trembling. And falling down before Him, she declared to Him before all the people why she had touched Him, and how she was instantly healed.

And returning, the apostles told Him all that they had done. And He took them and went aside privately into a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida.

And it happened on the next day, they coming down from the mountain, a huge crowd met Him.

Let these words sink down into your ears. For the Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of men.

And seeing, His disciples James and John said, Lord, do You desire that we command fire to come down from Heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?

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

And you, Capernaum, which has been lifted up to Heaven, you shall be thrust down into hell.

And answering, Jesus said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothing and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

And by coincidence a certain priest came down that way and seeing him, he passed by on the opposite side.

And He said to them, When you pray, say: Our Father, who is in Heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, as in Heaven, so also on the earth.

And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. And He went in and reclined.

But woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over judgment and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to leave the other undone.

And he said, I will do this. I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and I will store all my fruits and my goods there.

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am pressed down until it is accomplished!

And he said to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none. Cut it down, why does it encumber the ground?

And if it bears fruit, well; and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.

And when He had said these things, all His adversaries were ashamed. And all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you have commanded, 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 may have enough to finish it;

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

Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does she not light a lamp and sweep the house, and seek carefully until she finds it?

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

And the unjust steward's lord commended him because he had done wisely. For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

So likewise you, when you shall have done all the things commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants, for we have done what we ought to do.

And as He entered into a certain village, ten leprous men met Him, who stood afar off.

And he fell down on his face at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan.

And answering, Jesus said, Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

In that day he who shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise, he who is in the field, let him not return to the things behind.

yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, that she not wear me down in the end.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself shall be abased, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him. And He said to him, Zaccheus! Hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.

And hurrying he came down, and received Him joyfully.

And He called his ten servants and delivered ten minas, and said to them, Trade until I come back.

And came the first, saying, Lord, your mina has gained ten minas.

And he said to him, Well done, good servant, because you have been faithful in a least thing, have authority over ten cities.

For I feared you, because you are a harsh man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.

And he said to him, I will judge you out of your own mouth, wicked servant! You knew that I was a harsh man, taking up what I had not laid 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, Lord, he has ten minas.

And they will tear you down, and your children within you, and will not leave a stone on a stone because you did not know the time of your visitation.

saying to them, It is written, "My house is a house of prayer," but you have made it a den of thieves.

As to these things which you see, days will come in which there shall not be left a stone on a stone, which shall not be thrown down.

And they shall fall by the sword's edge. And shall be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the nations until the times of the nations is fulfilled.

And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with headaches and drinking and anxieties of this life; and that day should suddenly come on you;

And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw. And He kneeled down and prayed,

saying, Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.

And being in an agony He prayed more earnestly. And His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

And lighting a fire in the middle of the court, and they sitting down, Peter sat in their midst.

And seeing Jesus, Herod greatly rejoiced, for he had desired to see Him for a long time, because he had heard many things about Him. And he hoped to see some miracle done by Him.

no, nor even Herod, for I sent you to him, and lo, nothing worthy of death has been done by Him.

And he said to them the third time, Why? What evil has He done? I have found no cause of death in Him, therefore I will chastise Him and let Him go.

For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

And we indeed justly so, for we receive the due reward of our deeds, but this Man has done nothing amiss.

And when the centurion saw what had been done, he glorified God, saying, Truly this Man was righteous.

And he took it down and wrapped it in linen. And he laid it in a tomb that had been cut in the stone, in which no man had before been laid.

And as they were afraid, and bowed their faces down to the earth, they said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead?

And Peter arose and ran to the tomb, and stooping down he saw the linens lying alone. And he went away wondering to himself at what had happened.

But we had trusted that He was the One who was about to redeem Israel. And besides all this, today is the third day since these things were done.