But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

And behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things come to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

And he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end."

And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

For with God nothing will be impossible."

for he has regarded the lowly state of his servant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.

and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare his ways,

through the tender mercy of our God, with which the sunrise from on high will visit us;

Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.

And this will be a sign to you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger."

Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that will be spoken against

(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."

John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but one mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."

And he said to him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory; for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.

If you, then, will worship me, it shall all be yours."

for it is written: 'He will give his angels charge of you, to guard you,'

and, 'In their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"

He said to them, "Surely you will quote this proverb to me: 'Physician, heal yourself! Do here also in your own country what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.'"

And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets."

and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men."

But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days."

He told them a parable also: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old one; if he does, he will tear the new garment, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

"Judge not, and you will not be judged. Condemn not, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you."

He also told them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the plank from out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:

Therefore I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.

This is he of whom it is written: 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

When they had nothing with which to pay him back, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?"

For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light.

Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."

But Jesus on hearing this answered him, "Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be well."

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God."

And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and will hardly leave him, bruising him.

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

Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say farewell to those at my home."

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.

I tell you, it will be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades!

And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."

The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.'

but only one thing is needed. And Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."

And he said to them, "Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves;

and he will answer from within, 'Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything'?

I tell you, though he will not get up and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as much as he needs.

So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'

When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light."

Therefore the wisdom of God also said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

There is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

But I will show you whom you should fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear him!

"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God.

But he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."

And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."'

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'

Then he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about your body, what you will put on.

But if God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!

And do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, nor have an anxious mind.

But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and will come and serve them.

And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.

the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour he is not aware of, and he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not ready himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

But he who did not know, and committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask the more.

For from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be hot weather'; and there is.

I tell you, you will not get out till you have paid the very last copper."