They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.

Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

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

They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." They all marveled.

It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.

When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

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

When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord

He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,

and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother didn't know it,

but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

When they didn't find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.

It happened after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.

When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you."

They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we do?"

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"

They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things.

They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.

Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her.

Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

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

They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.

For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;

When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

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.

Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today."

They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"

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

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?

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.

When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him,

Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"

When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.

"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?

They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'

When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"

He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.

Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out.

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

They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.

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

They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.

When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

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

All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.

It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.

They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News, and healing everywhere.

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.

The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."

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

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.

They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."

But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."

Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.

It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.

While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

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

I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn't."

They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,

But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.

They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.

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?"

For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives, but to save them." They went to another village.

As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."

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.

Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

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.

It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.