Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

Then Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him.

Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.

Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that will be spoken against

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.

Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

And the multitudes asked him, "What then shall we do?"

And he said to them, "Collect no more than is appointed you."

John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but one mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Then the devil took him up to a high place, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

If you, then, will worship me, it shall all be yours."

Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of him went out through all the surrounding country.

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.

Then he said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.

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

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.

Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they sought to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

Then Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there were a great number of tax collectors and others sitting at table with them.

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days."

Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?"

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the plank from out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

Then he came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise."

Then the disciples of John told him about all these things.

What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts.

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.

Then those who reclined at the table with him began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"

The ones along the path are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved.

Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd.

And they went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" Then he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; and they ceased, and there was a calm.

He said to them, "Where is your faith?" And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and water, and they obey him?"

Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

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.

Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Then all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.

Then her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat.

Then he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

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.

But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fishunless we go and buy food for all these people."

Then he said to them all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Then Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."

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

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see.

He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me."

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

But when one stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first."

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light."

Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'

Then he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about your body, what you will put on.

For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

If you then are not able to do this very little thing, why are you anxious about the rest?

And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

And Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?

Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?

Then ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years, be loosed on the Sabbath day from this bond?"

Then he said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

Then one said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them,

Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

Then he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?"

"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 he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give place to this man,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

Then he also said to the one who invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers, your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

Then he said to him, "A certain man gave a great banquet and invited many.

So the servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in the poor and the maimed, the blind and the lame.'

Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Then he said: "There was a man who had two sons.

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

So the master commended the dishonest steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust you with the true riches?

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to fail.

And he said, ' Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house,

Then he said to his disciples, "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to him through whom they do come!

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;

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

Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

Then he told them a parable, to show that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

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."

For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"

Then Peter said, "Behold, we have left all and followed you."

Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written of the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

Therefore he said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

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