And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him Zechariah after his father,

And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.

And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner."

Then he said to them all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

And an argument arose among them as to which of them would be the greatest.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Now when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation;

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'

He answered, "I tell you, if these keep silent, the stones would cry out."

At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants, that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Then they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this.

As they drew near the village to which they were going, he acted as though he would be going farther,