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

And {you will experience joy and exultation}, and many will rejoice at his birth.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he must never drink wine or beer, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit [while he is] still in his mother's womb.

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

And he will go on 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 righteous, to prepare for the Lord a people made ready."

And Zechariah said to the angel, "By what will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced {in years}!"

And behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day these [things] take place, {because} you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."

And behold, you will conceive in the womb and will give birth to a son, and you will call his name Jesus.

This one will be great, and he 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 {forever}, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?"

And the angel answered [and] said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the one to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

For {nothing will be impossible with God}."

And blessed [is] she who believed that [there] will be a fulfillment to what was spoken to her from the Lord!"

because he has looked upon the humble state of his female slave, for behold, from now on all generations will consider me blessed,

And his mother answered [and] said, "No, but he will be named John."

And all those who heard kept [these things] in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be? For indeed the hand of the Lord was with him!"

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

because of the merciful compassion of our God by which the dawn will visit to help us from on high,

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

And this will be the sign for you: you will find the baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger."

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male that opens the womb will be called holy to the Lord")

and a sword will pierce your own soul also, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed!"

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be leveled, and the crooked will become straight, and the rough road [will become] smooth,

and all flesh will see the salvation of God.'"

John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but the one who is more powerful than I [am] is coming, of whom I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

His winnowing shovel [is] in his hand, to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."

And Jesus replied to him, "It is written, 'Man will not live on bread alone.'"

And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this domain and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to whomever I want.

So if you will worship before me, all [this] will be yours."

for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,'

and 'on [their] hands they will lift you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"

And he said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable: 'Physician, heal yourself!' Whatever we have heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your hometown also!"

And Simon answered [and] said, "Master, [although we] worked hard through the whole night, we 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 business partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid! From now on you will be catching people!"

But days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."

And he also told a parable to them: "No one tears a patch from a new garment [and] puts [it] on an old garment. Otherwise, he will have torn the new also, and the old will not match the patch [that is] from the new.

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the wineskins, and it will be spilled and the wineskins will be destroyed.

Blessed [are] those who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied. Blessed [are] those who weep now, Because you will laugh.

Woe to you who are satisfied now, because you will be hungry. Woe, you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting back nothing, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

"And do not judge, and you will never be judged. And do not condemn, and you will never be condemned. Pardon, and you will be pardoned.

Give, and it will be given to you, a good measure--pressed down, shaken, overflowing--they will pour out into your lap. For with the measure by which you measure out, it will be measured out to you in return."

And he also told them a parable: "Surely a blind person cannot lead the blind, [can he]? Will they not both fall into a pit?

A disciple is not superior to [his] teacher, but everyone, [when he] is fully trained, will be like his teacher.

How are you able to say to your brother, "Brother, allow [me] to remove the speck [that is] in your eye," [while] you yourself do not see the beam of wood in your [own] eye? Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck [that is] in your brother's eye!

"Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and does them--I will show you what he is like:

It is this man about whom it is written: 'Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

[When] they were not able to repay [him], he forgave [the debts] of both. Now which of them will love him more?"

For nothing is secret that will not become evident, and nothing hidden that will never be known and come to light.

Therefore consider how you listen, for whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and whoever does not have, even what he thinks [that he] has will be taken away from him."

But Jesus, [when he] heard [this], replied to him, "Do not be afraid! Only believe, and she will be healed."

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me, this person will save it.

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

But I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will never experience death until they see the kingdom of God."

So Jesus answered [and] said, "O unbelieving and perverted generation! {How long} will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!"

And [as] they were traveling on the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go!"

And another [person] also said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say farewell to those in my house."

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

I tell you that it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!

But it will be more bearable for Tyre and for Sidon in the judgment than for you!

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No! You will be brought down to Hades!

Behold, I have given you the authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will ever harm you.

And behold, a certain legal expert stood up to test him, saying, "Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?"

And he said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live."

And on the next day, he took out two denarii [and] gave [them] to the innkeeper, and said, "Take care of him, and whatever you spend in addition, I will repay to you when I return.

But few [things] are necessary, or [only] one [thing], for Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her."

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

And that one will answer from inside [and] say, 'Do not cause me trouble! The door has already been shut and my children are with me in bed! I am not able to get up to give you [anything].'

I tell you, even if he does not give him [anything] [after he] gets up because [he] is his friend, at any rate because of his impudence he will get up [and] give him whatever he needs.

And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

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

But what father from among you, [if his] son will ask for a fish, instead of a fish will give him a snake?

Or also, [if] he will ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"

So if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say [that] I expel demons by Beelzebul.

But if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel [them]? For this [reason] they will be your judges!

"Whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find [it]. It says, 'I will return to my house from which I came out.'

And [as] the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation! It demands a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah!

For just 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 up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, [something] greater than Solomon [is] here!

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, [something] greater than Jonah [is] here!

If therefore your whole body [is] full of light, not having any part dark, it will be completely full of light, as when the lamp with [its] light gives light to you."

For this [reason] also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and persecute,'

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation!

But nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, and secret that will not be made known.

Therefore everything that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what {you have whispered} in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

But I will show you whom you should fear: fear the one who has authority, after the killing, to throw [you] into hell! Yes, I tell you, fear this one!

"And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before people, the Son of Man also will acknowledge him before the angels of God,

but the one who denies me before people will be denied before the angels of God.

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him, but to the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in [that] same hour what it is necessary to say."

And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will gather in there all my grain and possessions.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!" '

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

And he said to his disciples, "For this [reason] I tell you, do not be anxious for [your] life, what you will eat, or for [your] body, what you will wear.

But if God clothes the grass in the field in this way, [although it] is [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more [will he do so for] you, you of little faith?

And you, do not consider what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not be anxious.

But seek his kingdom and these [things] will be added to you.

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