Now in those days an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census of the whole world should be taken.

This, the first census, was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Then when the angel left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has told us."

But a time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them; at that time they will fast."

So take care how you listen, for whoever gets more will have more given to him, and whoever does not get more will have even what he thinks he has taken away from him."

When the men who fed them saw what had taken place, they fled and spread the news in the town and in the country around.

So the people went out to see what had taken place, and they went to Jesus and found the man out of whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, with his clothes on and in his right mind; and they were frightened.

And her parents were astounded, but He ordered them not to tell anyone what had taken place.

And they all ate and had aplenty, and what they had left over was taken up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

Now as the time was coming to a head when He should be taken up to heaven, He firmly set His face to continue His journey to Jerusalem;

But there is actual need of few things, really of only one thing. For Mary has chosen the good portion which must not be taken away from her."

A curse on you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to the door of knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you kept out those who tried to get in."

I tell you, two men will be in the same bed that night; one will be taken, the other left.

Two women will be grinding together; one will be taken, the other left."

'I tell you, the man who gets will have more given to him, but the man who does not get will have even what he has taken away from him!

And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had taken their seats together, Peter, too, was sitting among them.

When the captain saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "He certainly was an innocent man!"

[Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb, and stooped down and saw the linen clothes but nothing else. Then he went home wondering at what had taken place.]

and were talking together about all these things that had taken place.

Finally one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered Him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who has not heard of the things that have taken place there in these last days?"

And after He had taken His place at table with them, He took the loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them.

And while He was blessing them, He parted from them, and was taken up to heaven.