to let you know the solid truth of what you have been taught.

But you will be silent and unable to speak till the day this happens, because you have not believed what I told you; it will be accomplished, for all that, in due time."

The angel answered her, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Most High will overshadow you; hence what is born will be called holy, Son of God.

What have I done to have the mother of my Lord come to me?

Then they made signs to the father, to find out what he wanted the child to be called,

But they did not understand what he said.

The crowds asked him, "Then what are we to do?"

Taxgatherers also came to get baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what are we to do?"

Soldiers also asked him, "And what are we to do?" He said to them, "Never extort money, never lay a false charge, but be content with your pay."

"Ha! Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"

Then amazement came over them all; they talked it over among themselves, saying, "What does this mean? He orders the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!"

He answered them, "I must preach the glad news of the Reign of God to the other towns as well, for that is what I was sent to do."

Instantly he got up before them, lifted what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

Some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not allowed on the sabbath?"

But Jesus answered them, "And have you never read what David did when he and his men were hungry?

He knew what was in their minds; so he told the man with the withered hand, "Rise and stand forward." He rose and stood before them.

This filled them with fury, and they discussed what they could do to Jesus.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you! that is just what their fathers did to the false prophets.

If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Why, even sinful men love those who love them.

If you help only those who help you, what merit is that to you? Why, even sinful men do that.

If you only lend to those from whom you hope to get something, what credit is that to you? Even sinful men lend to one another, so as to get a fair return.

The good man produces good from the good stored in his heart, and the evil man evil from his evil: for a man's mouth utters what his heart is full of.

When he had finished what he had to say in the hearing of the people, he went into Capharnahum.

So he replied, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the poor the gospel is preached.

When John's messengers had gone, he proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

Come, what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft robes? Those who are gorgeously dressed and luxurious live in royal palaces.

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

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

When his host the Pharisee noticed this, he said to himself, "If he was a prophet he would know what sort of a woman this is who is touching him; for she is a sinner."

This is what the parable means. The seed is the word of God.

So take care how you listen; for he who has, to him shall more be given, while as for him who has not, from him shall be taken even what he thinks he has."

On catching sight of Jesus he shrieked aloud and prayed him with a loud cry, "Jesus, son of God most High, what business have you with me? Do not torture me, I beg of you."

So Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he said, for a number of daemons had entered him.

When the herdsmen saw what had occurred they fled and reported it to the town and the hamlets.

The people came out to see what had occurred and when they reached Jesus they discovered the man whom the daemons had left, seated at the feet of Jesus, clothed and sane. That frightened them.

Her parents were amazed, but he charged them not to tell anyone what had happened.

And they all ate and had enough. What they had left over was picked up, twelve baskets full of fragments.

What profit will it be for a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

When they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" (not knowing what he was saying).

When the voice ceased, they found themselves alone with Jesus. And in those days they kept silence and told nobody anything of what they had seen.

Stay at the same house, eating and drinking what the people provide (for the workman deserves his wages); you are not to shift from one house to another.

Wherever you are received on entering any town, eat what is provided for you,

Then turning to the disciples he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

For I tell you many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, but they have not seen it: and to hear what you hear, but they have not heard it."

Now a jurist got up to tempt him. "Teacher," he said, "what am I to do to inherit life eternal?"

He said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?"

What father among you, if asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone? Or, if asked for a fish, will hand him a serpent instead of a fish?

Well, if for all your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father give the holy Spirit from heaven to those who ask him?"

He knew what they were thinking about, so he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, house after house falls down;

Better cleanse what is within; then nothing will be unclean for you.

thus you testify and consent to what your fathers did, for they killed and you build.

So all you utter in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you whisper in chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops,

When they bring you before synagogues and the magistrates and authorities, do not trouble yourselves about how to defend yourselves or what to say,

for the holy Spirit will teach you at that hour what you should say."

So he debated, 'What am I to do? I have no room to store my crops.'

And he said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my granaries and build larger ones, where I can store all my produce and my goods.

To his disciples he said, "Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat in life, nor about what you are to put on your body;

Sell what you possess and give it away in alms, make purses for yourselves that never wear out: get treasure in heaven that never fails, that no thief can get at, no moth destroy.

Be sure that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

whereas he who was ignorant and did what deserves a beating, will receive few lashes. He who has much given him will have much required from him, and he who has much entrusted to him will have all the more demanded of him.

And why do you not yourselves settle what is right?

So he said, "What is the Reign of God like? to what shall I compare it?

He added, "To what shall I compare the Reign of God?

Or what king sets out to fight against another king without first sitting down to deliberate whether with ten thousand men he can encounter the king who is attacking him with twenty thousand?

Salt is excellent indeed: but if salt becomes insipid, what will restore its flavour?

so, summoning one of the servants, he asked what this meant.

So he summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Hand in your accounts; you cannot be factor any longer.'

The factor said to himself, 'What am I to do, now that my master is taking the factorship away from me? I am too weak to dig, I am ashamed to beg.

Ah, I know what I will do, so that people will welcome me to their houses when I am deposed from the factorship.'

And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, how can you ever be given what is your own?

So he told them, "You are the people who get men to think you are good, but God knows what your hearts are! What is lofty in the view of man is loathsome in the eyes of God.

Listen," said the Lord, "to what this unjust judge says!

Then a ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what am I to do to inherit life eternal?"

He said, "What is impossible for men is possible for God."

However, they did not understand a word of this; indeed the saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what he meant.

When he heard the crowd passing he inquired what was the matter,

"What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord," he said, "I want to regain my sight."

who tried to see what Jesus was like; but he could not, on account of the crowd ??for he was small of stature.

However he secured the royal power and came home. Then he ordered the servants to be called who had been given the money, that he might find out what business they had done.

for I was afraid of you, you are such a hard man ??picking up what you never put down, and reaping what you never sowed.'

He replied, 'You rascal of a servant, I will convict you by what you have said yourself. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man, picking up what I never put down, and reaping what I never sowed!

'I tell you, to everyone who has shall more be given, but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken.

If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untethering it?' this is what you will say, 'The Lord needs it.'"

saying, "Would that you too knew even to-day on what your peace depends! But no, it is hidden from you!

but they could not discover what was to be done, for the whole of the people hung upon his lips.

"Tell us," they said, "what authority you have for acting in this way? Who was it that gave you this authority?"

Jesus said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do."

Said the owner of the vineyard, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

And they threw him outside the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

But he looked at them and said, "Then what does this scripture mean? ??The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner.

So watching their chance they sent spies who pretended to be honest persons, in order to seize on what he said and get him handed over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

They put this question to him, "Teacher, we know you are straight in what you say and teach, you do not look to human favour but teach the Way of God honestly.

"Well then," he said to them, "give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give God what belongs to God."

So they could not seize on what he said before the people, and marvelling at his reply they said nothing.

"As for what you see, there are days coming when not a stone will be left upon another, without being torn down."

So they asked him, "Teacher, and when will this happen? What will be the sign for this to take place?"

men swooning with panic and foreboding of what is to befall the universe. For the orbs of the heavens will be shaken,

Now when the supporters of Jesus saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?"

"Man," said Peter, "I do not know what you mean." Instantly, just as he was speaking, the cock crowed;

the Lord turned round and looked at Peter, and then Peter remembered what the Lord had told him, that 'Before cock-crow to-day you will disown me three times.'