When his division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and overcome with fear.

When he did come out, he could not speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained speechless.

When the days of his ministry were completed, he went back home.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped inside her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me!

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

When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

When the eight days were completed for His circumcision, He was named Jesus—the name given by the angel before He was conceived.

And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were finished, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

Guided by the Spirit, he entered the temple complex. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform for Him what was customary under the law,

When they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

When He was 12 years old, they went up according to the custom of the festival.

When they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him.

When His parents saw Him, they were astonished, and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”

When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. As He was praying, heaven opened,

for 40 days to be tempted by the Devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, He was hungry.

But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.

When they heard this, everyone in the synagogue was enraged.

When the sun was setting, all those who had anyone sick with various diseases brought them to Him. As He laid His hands on each one of them, He would heal them.

When it was day, He went out and made His way to a deserted place. But the crowds were searching for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving them.

When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets began to tear.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them—then they will fast in those days.”

Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David and those who were with him did when he was hungry—

When daylight came, He summoned His disciples, and He chose 12 of them—He also named them apostles:

You are blessed when people hate you,
when they exclude you, insult you,
and slander your name as evil
because of the Son of Man.

Woe to you
when all people speak well of you,
for this is the way their ancestors
used to treat the false prophets.

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the log in your eye? Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck in your brother’s eye.

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

When He had concluded all His sayings in the hearing of the people, He entered Capernaum.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, requesting Him to come and save the life of his slave.

When they reached Jesus, they pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this,

Jesus went with them, and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, “Lord, don’t trouble Yourself, since I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Don’t cry.”

When the men reached Him, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask You, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”

Other seed fell on the rock; when it sprang up, it withered, since it lacked moisture.

Still other seed fell on good ground; when it sprang up, it produced a crop: 100 times what was sown.” As He said this, He called out, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing.

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.

When He got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met Him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me, Jesus, You Son of the Most High God? I beg You, don’t torment me!”

When the men who tended them saw what had happened, they ran off and reported it in the town and in the countryside.

When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they were all expecting Him.

“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are hemming You in and pressing against You.”

When the woman saw that she was discovered, she came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she declared the reason she had touched Him and how she was instantly cured.

When Jesus heard it, He answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be made well.”

If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus all that they had done. He took them along and withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

When the crowds found out, they followed Him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and that of the Father and the holy angels.

Peter and those with him were in a deep sleep, and when they became fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who were standing with Him.

The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him.

When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He determined to journey to Jerusalem.

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you.

When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion.

The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’

He was praying in a certain place, and when He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

Now He was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon came out, the man who had been mute, spoke, and the crowds were amazed.

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.

But when one stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he takes from him all his weapons he trusted in, and divides up his plunder.

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then says, ‘I’ll go back to my house where I came from.’

Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad, your body is also full of darkness.

If, therefore, your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be entirely illuminated, as when a lamp shines its light on you.”

When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed that He did not first perform the ritual washing before dinner.

One of the experts in the law answered Him, “Teacher, when You say these things You insult us too.”

When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to cross-examine Him about many things;

You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

Those slaves the master will find alert when he comes will be blessed. I assure you: He will get ready, have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.

That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

He also said to the crowds: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it does.

And when the south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It’s going to be a scorcher!’ and it is.

When Jesus saw her, He called out to her, “Woman, you are free of your disability.”

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”

When He had said these things, all His adversaries were humiliated, but the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things He was doing.

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.

See, your house is abandoned to you. And I tell you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One’!”

One Sabbath, when He went to eat at the house of one of the leading Pharisees, they were watching Him closely.

He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves:

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.

“But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

On the contrary, when you host a banquet, invite those who are poor, maimed, lame, or blind.

When one of those who reclined at the table with Him heard these things, he said to Him, “The one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God is blessed!”

When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

When she finds it, she calls her women friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’

I know what I’ll do so that when I’m removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.

“Which one of you having a slave tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”