Now you will keep silent and be unable to talk until the day when this takes place, because you did not believe what I told you, for it will be fulfilled at the proper time."

"This is what the Lord has done for me when He smiled upon me to take away my disgrace among men."

But she was agitated at what he said, and began to ponder what this greeting meant.

Then Mary said, "I am the Lord's slave. May what you say take place with me." Then the angel left her.

Blessed is she who has believed, for what is promised to her by the Lord will be fulfilled."

So they began to make signs to his father to find out what he might wish him to be named.

and all who heard them kept them in their hearts, and said, "What then is this child to be?" for the hand of the Lord was with him.

And all who heard it were astounded at what was told them by the shepherds,

and to offer the sacrifice in accordance with what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons."

But they did not understand what He said to them.

So the crowds were asking him this question, "What then ought we to do?"

Then even the tax-collectors came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what ought we to do?"

Then some soldiers too were asking him, "What ought we too to do?" So he said to them, "Never extort money from anyone, never make a false accusation, and always be satisfied with your wages."

"Ha! What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are God's Holy One."

Amazement then seized them all and they continued to talk it over among themselves, and to say, "What does this message mean? For with authority and power He gives orders to foul spirits, and they come out."

But He said to them, "To other towns also I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God, for that is what I was sent to do."

And some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath?"

Jesus answered them, "Did you never read what David did, when he and his soldiers became hungry?

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

But they were filled with fury and began to discuss what they could do to Jesus.

Now if you practice loving only those who love you, what credit do you get for that? Why, even notorious sinners practice loving those who love them.

And if you practice doing good only to those who do good to you, what credit do you get for that? Even notorious sinners practice the same.

And if you ever lend to people expecting to get it back, what credit do you get for that? Even notorious sinners practice lending to one another, expecting to get it back in full.

The good man, out of his good inner storehouse, brings forth what is good, the bad man, out of his bad one, what is bad. For a man's mouth usually speaks the things that fill his heart.

"So why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not practice what I tell you?

And so He answered them, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind are seeing and the crippled are walking, the lepers are being healed and the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised and the poor are having the good news preached to them.

But when John's messengers had gone, He began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the desert to gaze at? A reed that is tossed to and fro by the wind?

If not, what did you go out there to see? A man dressed in silks and satins? No. People who dress gorgeously and live luxuriously are found in royal palaces.

If not, then what did you go out there to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is far more than a prophet.

So to what can I compare the men of this age, and what are they like?

So when the Pharisee who invited Him saw it, he said to himself, "If He were really a prophet, He would know who and of what character the woman is who is clinging to Him -- that she is a social outcast."

His disciples were asking Him what this story meant.

This is what the story means: The seed is God's message.

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 he saw Jesus, he screamed and flung himself down before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"

So Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he answered, "Legion!" For many demons had gone into 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.

"Go back to your home, and continue to tell what great things God has done for you." But he went off and told all over the town what great things Jesus had done for him.

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.

For what benefit will it be to a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

And just as they were starting to leave Him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" -- although he did not know what he was saying.

But they remained ignorant of what this meant; indeed, it had been hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement.

Stay on at the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the workman deserves his support. Do not keep moving about from house to house.

And if you go into any town and they welcome you, continue to eat what is offered you,

Then He turned to His disciples when they were alone, and said, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you are seeing.

For I tell you, many prophets and kings have wished to see what you are seeing, but they did not, and to hear what you are hearing, but they did not."

Just then an expert in the law got up to test Him by asking, "Teacher, what shall I do to get possession of eternal life?"

And He answered him, "What is written in the law? How does it read?"

So if you, in spite of your being bad, know how to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who continue to ask Him?"

But He knew what they were thinking, and so said to them, "Any kingdom that is not united is in the process of destruction, and one house falls after another.

So you testify to what your forefathers did and approve it, because they killed them and you build monuments for them.

because what you have spoken in darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in people's ears, behind closed doors, will be proclaimed from the housetops.

Now when they are bringing you before the synagogues or the magistrates or the authorities, never worry about how to defend yourselves, or what to say,

for at that very moment the Holy Spirit will teach you what you ought to say."

So he began to argue with himself, 'What am I to do, because I have nowhere to store my crops?'

Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store all my grains and my goods.

Then He said to His disciples: "Stop worrying, then, about life, as to what you will have to eat, or about your body, as to what you will have to wear.

So you must stop seeking what to eat and what to drink, and must stop being in suspense about these things.

But be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

Why do you not of yourselves decide what is right?

So He went on to say, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what may I compare it?

And again He said, "To what may I compare the kingdom of God?

Then the slave said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.'

"What man among you, if he wishes to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see whether he has money enough to complete it?

"Or what king, when he is going to make an attack on another king, does not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand soldiers to meet the other king who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

"What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep, and if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and continue to look for the lost one until he finds it?

"Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp and sweep the house, and look carefully until she finds it?

Then he called one of the servant-boys and asked him what this meant.

So he called the manager to him and said, 'What is this that I am hearing about you? Balance your accounts and show how you are conducting my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer.'

Then the manager said to himself, What shall I do, because my master is going to take my position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

I know what I will do -- I will ask them to take me into their homes when I am removed from my position.

And if you have not proved dependable in what belongs to someone else, who will trust you with what belongs to you?

Then He said to them, "You are the men who exhibit your uprightness before the public, but God knows your hearts. For what stands high in the sight of men is detestable in the sight of God.

"What man among you, if he has a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your seat at the table,'

Does he praise the slave for doing what he was ordered to do?

So you too, when you do all that you are ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done.'"

Then the Lord added, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!

Then a certain member of the council asked Him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to get possession of eternal life?"

But they did not understand about these things, and this statement was an insoluble riddle to them; they did not even begin to grasp what He meant.

As he heard a crowd going by, he asked what it meant.

"What do you want me to do for you?" He answered, "Lord, I want to see again!"

Then after he had gotten the appointment as king, he returned and ordered those slaves to whom he had given his money to be called in, that he might find out what business they had done.

For I lived in constant dread of you, because you are a stern man, you pick up what you did not put down, you reap what you did not sow.'

He said to him, 'On the ground of what you say I will sentence you, you wicked slave! You knew that I was a stern man, that I picked up what I did not put down, and reaped what I did not sow.

'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!

but they could not find, as hard as they tried, what to do with Him, for all the people continued to hang on His words.

and said to Him, "Tell us what sort of authority you have for doing as you do, or who is it that gave you such authority?"

Then Jesus said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do."

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my dearly loved son. They will, I should think, respect him.'

But when the tenants saw him, they argued among themselves, 'This is the heir; let us kill him, so that what he inherits may be ours.'

So they drove him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

But He glanced at them and said, "Then what does this Scripture mean: 'That stone which the builders threw away has now become the cornerstone'?

They asked Him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and show no favors to anyone, but teach the way of God honestly.

He said to them, "Then pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and pay God what belongs to God!"

So they could not use what he said before the people, and in astonishment at His answer they said no more.

Then they asked Him, "Teacher, when will this be? And what is the sign that it is about to take place?"

For I tell you, what has been written about me must be fulfilled: 'He was classed with the outlaws.' Yes, that saying about me has its fulfillment."

Those who were about Him saw what was about to take place, and said, "Lord, shall we use our swords now?"