In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

And he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end."

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."

They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name."

And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered.

And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And in that region there were shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,

But I tell you truly, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha; and not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."

And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,

One day as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal.

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.

On another Sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise and stand here." And he rose and stood there.

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."

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.

When he stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but in the tombs.

Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter them. So he gave them permission.

And behold, there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue; and he fell at Jesus' feet and begged him to come to his house,

Whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.

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

But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.

Heal the sick there and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'

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."

As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things,

There is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

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.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

For from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be hot weather'; and there is.

There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

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."

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.

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

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.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

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

Not many days after, the younger son gathered together all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.

And when he had spent everything, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in want.

He also said to his disciples: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.

"There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day.

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'

nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is within you."

And they will say to you, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' Do not go after them or follow them.

I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."

He said: "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man.

And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.'

So he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him,

Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children.

"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."

There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

"There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,

He will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready."

And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

There was also an inscription written over him: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

One of the criminals who were hanged there hurled insults at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"

It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,

Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous man,

Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?"