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

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 he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

He will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord, their God.

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

And look. You will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.'

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

and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born will be called the Son of God.

For with God nothing will be impossible."

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord."

for he has looked at the humble state of his servant girl. For look, from now on all generations will call me blessed.

His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready his ways,

because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

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

This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward mankind."

Yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."

Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.

All flesh will see God's salvation.'"

John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

whose fan is in his hand, to thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."

The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."

for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;'

and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"

He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself. Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"

Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets."

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

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

He also told a parable to them. "No one having torn a piece from a new garment puts it on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Do not judge, and you won't be judged. Do not condemn, and you won't 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 given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."

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

Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.

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

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

"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?

When they could not pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"

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

Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever does not have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has."

But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Do not be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed."

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

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

But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."

"Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men."

and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."

If a peaceful person is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

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

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to hell.

Look, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will in any way hurt you.

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

On the next day, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'

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

and he from within will answer and say, 'Do not bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give it to you'?

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

"I tell you, ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?

If you then, being 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 Beelzebul.

But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.

The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'

When the crowds were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

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

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look, one greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the proclaiming of Jonah, and look, one greater than Jonah is here.

If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and see, all things will be clean to you.

Therefore 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 sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.

But I will warn 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, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;

but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."

He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I do not have room to store my crops?'

He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'

"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared?whose will they be?'

He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?

Do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

But seek his Kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

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

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?