But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

"Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.

He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly.

because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!

Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire."

but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,

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

He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.

He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"

He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,

Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.

He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes 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."

Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net."

When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.

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

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive."

Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus.

He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the 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;

To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also.

Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."

Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don't gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?

Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."

But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.

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

The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.

"Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

Behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet, and begged him to come into his house,

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

While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the Teacher."

But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don't be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed."

All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping."

Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.

As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

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

The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida.

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

They did so, and made them all sit down.

It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met him.

While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."

When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"

But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of spirit you are.

Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house.

But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its streets and say,

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

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."

He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.

and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?

Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

"I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'

He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time?

Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'

If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'"

As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'

They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.

"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

"The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, 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, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

"The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

"His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

"He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"

But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'

Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"