The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told them.

Therefore if You worship before me, it will all be Yours.”

Therefore I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You. But just speak a word, and my slave will be healed.

Now as He approached the city gate, a dead man was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her [in the funeral procession].

But as for that seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word with a good and noble heart, and hold on to it tightly, and bear fruit with patience.

It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”

for a friend of mine who is on a journey has just come to visit me, and I have nothing to serve him’;

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man also be [a sign] to this generation.

“And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?

Just at that time some people came who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate [the governor] had mixed with their sacrifices.

But he replied to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, [just] one more year until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;

And there in front of Him was a man who had dropsy (extreme swelling).

and you will be blessed because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous (the just, the upright).”

I am no longer worthy to be called your son; [just] treat me like one of your hired men.”’

So He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts [your thoughts, your desires, your secrets]; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

And just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the time of [the second coming of] the Son of Man:

And will not [our just] God defend and avenge His elect [His chosen ones] who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay [in providing justice] on their behalf?

So those who were sent left and found the colt just as He had told them.

They left and found it just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

And they all said, “Are You the Son of God, then?” He replied, “It is just as you say.”

So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him, “It is just as you say.”

Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he began praising and honoring God, saying, “Certainly this Man was innocent.”

Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women had said, but they did not see Him.”