They were both upright in the sight of God, blamelessly observing all the Lord's commands and requirements.

They had no children, for Elizabeth was barren; and they were both advanced in life.

The people were waiting for Zechariah, and wondering that he stayed so long in the sanctuary.

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.

And they were all amazed. Then his voice and the use of his tongue were immediately restored, and he blessed God aloud.

And all their neighbors were overcome with fear, and all over the hill-country of Judea all these stories were told,

While they were there, the time came for her child to be born,

There were some shepherds in that neighborhood keeping watch through the night over their flock in the open fields.

And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terribly frightened.

And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them,

The child's father and mother were astonished at what Symeon said.

She came up just at that time and gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were living in expectation of the liberation of Jerusalem.

When his parents saw him they were amazed, and his mother said to him. "My child, why did you treat us like this? Here your father and I have been looking for you, and have been very anxious."

As all this aroused people's expectations, and they were all wondering in their hearts whether John was the Christ,

Now when all the people were baptized and when Jesus also after his baptism was praying, heaven opened

for forty days by the Spirit, and was tempted by the devil. In all those days he ate nothing, and when they were over he was famished.

And he rolled up the roll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed upon him.

And they all spoke well of him and were astonished at the winning words that fell from his lips, and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son?"

But, I tell you, there were plenty of widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was closed for three years and a half, and there was a great famine all over the land,

And there were plenty of lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cured, but Naaman the Syrian."

And when the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all very angry,

and they were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority.

And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is the meaning of this teaching? For he gives orders authoritatively and effectually to the foul spirits, and they come out."

and he saw two boats on the shore of the lake, for the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

For he and all the men with him were perfectly amazed at the haul of fish they had made,

and so were Zebedee's sons, James and John, who were Simon's partners. Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. From now on you are to catch men!"

One day as he was teaching, there were some Pharisees and experts in the Law sitting near by, who had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was there, so that he might cure people.

But Jesus saw what they were discussing, and said to them, "What are you pondering over in your minds?

They were all seized with astonishment, and praised God, and filled with awe they said, "We have seen something wonderful today!"

Then Levi gave a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great throng of tax-collectors and others who were at table with them.

One Sabbath he happened to be passing through the wheat fields, and his disciples were picking the heads of wheat, and eating them, rubbing them in their hands.

Jesus answered, "Have you not read even what David did, when he and his companions were hungry?

And the scribes and the Pharisees were on the watch to see whether he would cure people on the Sabbath, in order to find a charge to bring against him.

But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and stand in front." And he got up and stood there.

But they were perfectly furious, and discussed with one another what they could do to Jesus.

And those who were troubled with foul spirits were cured.

Soon afterward he happened to go to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great throng of people were with him.

And they were all overcome with awe, and they praised God, and said, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has not forgotten his people!"

Just then he cured many of diseases and ailments and evil spirits, and he gave sight to many who were blind.

When John's messengers were gone, he began to speak to the crowds about John. "What was it that you went out into the desert to look at? A reed swaying in the wind?

When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were really a prophet, he would know who and what the woman is who is touching him, for she leads a wicked life."

"Two men were in debt to a money-lender. One owed him a hundred dollars and the other ten.

When a great throng was gathering and people were coming to him from one town after another, he said in his figurative way,

So they set sail. As they sailed along, he fell asleep. And a squall of wind came down upon the lake, and they were being swamped and were in peril.

And he said to them, "Where is your faith?" But they were frightened and amazed, and said to one another, "Who can he be? For he gives orders even to the winds and the water, and they obey him!"

Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the drove rushed over the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.

And the people came out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man out of whom the demons had gone sitting there, at Jesus' feet, with his clothes on and in his right mind, and they were frightened.

Then all the people of the neighborhood of Gerasa asked him to go away from them, for they were terribly frightened. And he got into a boat and went back.

When Jesus returned, the people welcomed him, for they were all watching for him.

And they were all wailing and beating their breasts for her. But he said, "Stop wailing! For she is not dead, she is asleep."

And her parents were amazed, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.

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

And they all ate and had enough, and the pieces left over that were gathered up filled twelve baskets.

And two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah,

Just as they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! Let us put up three huts, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah!" For he did not know what he was saying.

But as he said it, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were frightened as they passed under the cloud.

And they were all amazed at the power of God. While everybody was full of wonder at all that he was doing, he said to his disciples,

But they did not understand what he meant, indeed it was concealed from them, in order that they might not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

As they were going along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

And he turned to his disciples when they were alone, and said, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

Once he was driving out a dumb demon, and when the demon was gone the dumb man spoke. And the people were amazed.

But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to them, "Any kingdom that is disunited is on the way to destruction, and one house falls after another.

I have come to bring fire down to the earth, and how I wish it were kindled already!

And he answered, "Do you think, because this happened to them, that these Galileans were worse sinners than any other Galileans?

Or those eighteen people at Siloam who were killed when the tower fell upon them??o you think they were worse offenders than all the other people who live in Jerusalem?

When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, and all the people were delighted at all the splendid things that he did.

One Sabbath, when he went to take a meal at the house of a member of the council who was a Pharisee, they were watching him closely.

and when the dinner hour came, he sent around his slave, to say to those who were invited, 'Come! for it is now ready!'

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited shall have any of my dinner!' "

There were great crowds accompanying him, and once he turned and said to them,

All the tax-collectors and irreligious people were crowding up to hear him.

And he was ready to fill himself with the pods the pigs were eating, and no one would give him anything.

The Pharisees, who were avaricious, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.

And when he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cured.

And Jesus said, "Were not all ten cured? Where are the other nine?

To some who were confident of their own uprightness, and thought nothing of others, he used this illustration:

And they did not understand any of this; the words were obscure to them, and they did not know what he meant.

And those who were in front reproved him and told him to be quiet, but he cried out all the louder, "You Son of David, take pity on me!"

As they were listening to this, Jesus went on to give them an illustration, because he was near Jerusalem and they supposed that the Kingdom of God was immediately going to appear.

And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

Then he went into the Temple and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things there,

Every day he taught in the Temple, and the high priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were trying to destroy him,

And the scribes and high priests wanted to arrest him then and there, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had aimed this illustration at them.

So they could not fasten on what he said before the people, and they were amazed at his answer, and said nothing more.

Now there were seven brothers. And the eldest married a wife and died childless.

While all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,

And the high priests and the scribes were casting about for a way to put him to death, for they were afraid of the people.

And they were delighted and agreed to pay him for it.

Those who were about him saw what was coming and said, "Master, shall we use our swords?"

And Jesus said to the high priests, captains of the Temple, and elders who had come to take him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as though I were a robber?

When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man were a Galilean

He was followed by a great crowd of people and of women who were beating their breasts and lamenting him.

Two criminals were also led out to execution with him.

One of the criminals who were hanging there, abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us too!"

They were in great perplexity over this, when suddenly two men in dazzling clothing stood beside them.

The women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive?

They were Mary of Magdala and Joanna and Mary, James's mother; and the other women also told this to the apostles.

That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,

and they were talking together about all these things that had happened.

And as they were talking and discussing them, Jesus himself came up and went with them,