But when he came out, he could not speak to them, and so they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. Meanwhile he kept on making signs to them, and remained dumb.

So the angel came to her home and said, "Congratulations, you highly favored woman! The Lord be with you!"

Then the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, and so your child will be called holy, the Son of God.

Why is this privilege mine, to have the mother of my Lord come to me?

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they tried to name him Zechariah, after his father.

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for He has come and brought His people deliverance;

While they were there, the time came for her to give birth,

Just at that time she came up and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem.

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the message of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the desert.

So he used to say to the crowds that continued to come out there to be baptized by him: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

Then even the tax-collectors came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what ought we to do?"

and the Holy Spirit came down upon Him in bodily form as a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, "You are my Son, my Beloved! In you I am delighted!"

So He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up, and as His habit was on the Sabbath, He went to the synagogue and stood up to read.

So He came down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee. And He continued to teach them on the Sabbath,

"Ha! What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are God's Holy One."

But Jesus reproved him, saying "Be quiet! Get out of him at once!" So the demon threw the man down in the midst of them and came out of him without doing him any harm.

Amazement then seized them all and they continued to talk it over among themselves, and to say, "What does this message mean? For with authority and power He gives orders to foul spirits, and they come out."

Even demons came out of many people, shrieking and saying, "You are the Son of God!" But He reproved them and would not let them speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.

So they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

One day as He was teaching, there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Him to cure people.

It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite to repentance."

But a time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them; at that time they will fast."

When day came, He called His disciples to Him, and selected from them twelve whom He also named apostles:

Then He came down with them and took His stand on a level place, where there was a great throng of His disciples and a vast crowd of people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and the seacoast district of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases.

He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep, and laid its foundation upon the rock; and when a flood came, the torrent burst upon that house but it could not shake it, because it was well built.

When the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, to ask Him to come and bring his slave safe through the illness.

Then Jesus started to go with them. But when He was not far from the house, the captain sent friends to say to Him, "My Lord, stop troubling yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

And so I did not deem myself worthy even to come to you. But simply speak the word, and let my servant-boy be cured.

For I too am under authority of others, and have soldiers under me, and I order one to go, and he goes, another to come, and he comes, my slave to do this, and he does it."

So John called two of them to him and sent them to the Lord, to ask, "Are you the One who was to come, or should we continue to look for someone else?"

So the men went to Him and said, "John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the One who was to come, or should we continue to look for someone else?'"

They are like little children sitting in the market-place and calling to their fellows in the game: "'We played the wedding march for you, but you did not dance. We sang the funeral dirge, but you did not mourn.'

"For John the Baptist came eating no bread and drinking no wine, and yet you say, 'He has a demon!'

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking with others, and yet you say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, an intimate friend of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!'

Now one of the Pharisees invited Him to take dinner with him. So He came to the Pharisee's house and took His place at the table.

And turning face to face with the woman He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came to your house; you did not give me any water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with tears and wiped them with her hair.

You did not give me a kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet with affection.

"Nobody lights a lamp and then covers it with a pot or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

For there is nothing hidden which shall not come out into the open, and nothing kept secret which shall not be known and come to light.

His mother and His brothers came to see Him, but they could not get in touch with Him, on account of the crowd.

So they came to Him and woke Him up, and said, "Master, Master, we are perishing? Then He aroused Himself and reproved the wind and the surge of the water, and they stopped at once and instantly there came a calm.

Then the demons came out of the man and went into the hogs, and the drove rushed over the cliff into the lake and were drowned.

Just then a man named Jairus came up, who had long been leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet and persisted in begging Him to come to his house,

came up behind Him and touched the tassel on His coat, and the hemorrhage stopped at once.

When the woman saw that she had not escaped His notice, she came forward trembling, and falling down before Him she told in the presence of all the people why she had touched Him and how she had been cured at once.

While He was still speaking, someone came from the house of the leader of the synagogue and said, "Your daughter is dead; stop troubling the Teacher anymore."

by others that Elijah had appeared, and by still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.

As the day began to decline, the Twelve came up and said to Him, "Send the crowd off to the villages and farms around, to get lodging and to find food there, for we are in a destitute place here."

They answered, "John the Baptist; though others say Elijah, and still others that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life."

But as he was saying this, a cloud came and was circling over them, and they were frightened as the two visitors entered into the cloud.

Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, my Chosen One; continue to listen to Him!"

The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met Him.

When the disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?"

And if anyone there loves peace, your peace will come upon him; but if not, it will come back to you.

So a Levite likewise came down to the place, but when he saw him, he went by on the other side.

But a Samaritan, while on a journey, came down to him, and when he saw him, his heart was moved with pity for him.

Now as they were journeying on, He came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him to her house.

But Martha was getting worried about having to wait on them so much, so she came up suddenly and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the housework alone? Then tell her to take hold and help me."

So He said to them, "Whenever you pray, say: 'Father, Your name be revered; Your kingdom come;

for a friend of mine has just come to my house on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him to eat.'

But if I by the finger of God am driving the demons out, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

The queen of the south will rise at the judgment with the men of this age and will condemn them, for she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom; and yet, One who is more than Solomon is here.

No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a peck-measure, but he puts it on the lampstand, that the people who come in may enjoy the light.

Sell your property and give to charity. Provide for yourselves purses that will never wear out, riches that never fail in heaven, where a thief cannot come near nor a moth destroy,

So you, too, must always be ready, for at an hour that you are not expecting, the Son of Man will come."

his master will come back some day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour of which he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and give him his share with the unfaithful.

"It is fire that I have come to bring upon the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

Do you think that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not so at all, but rather discord.

Just at that time some people came up to tell Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with that of their sacrifices.

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured her on the Sabbath, answered the crowd, "There are six days on which people must work; so come on these and be cured, but not on the Sabbath."

when once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand on the outside and to knock on the door again and again and say, 'Lord, open it for us'; but He will answer, 'I do not know where you come from.'

But He will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from. Go away from me, all you wrongdoers!'

People will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their seats at the feast in the kingdom of God.

Just at that time some Pharisees came up and said to Him, "Get out at once! Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you!"

so that your host may not come and say to you, 'Make room for this man'; and then in embarrassment you will proceed to take and keep the lowest place.

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, 'My friend, come up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow-guests.

And at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to the invited guests, 'Come, for it is now ready.'

Another said, 'I have just gotten married, and so I cannot come.'

"Then the master said to his slave, 'Go out on the roads and by the hedges and make the people come in, so that my house may be filled.

Then he came to himself and said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more to eat than they need, and here I am dying of hunger!

because this son of mine was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found!' So they began to celebrate.

"Now his elder son was in the field. So, on coming in, as he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

He said to him, 'Your brother has come back, and your father has killed the fattening calf, because he has gotten him back safe and sound.'

So he became angry and would not go into the house. Then his father came out and began to plead with him.

But we just had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found.'"

and he was always craving to get a square meal from the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, the very dogs used to come and lick his sores.

(for I have five brothers) to warn them, that they too may not come to this place of torture.'

Now He said to His disciples: "It is inevitable that snares to evil will come, but a curse be on the man through whom they come!

"What man among you, if he has a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your seat at the table,'

But one of them, when he saw that he was cured, came back, praising God with a loud voice,

Now, when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with visible display,

Then He said to His disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

People continued to eat, drink, marry, and be married, right up to the day when Noah went into the ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.

The man who is on the roof of his house that day, and his goods in the house, must not come down to carry them out; and the man in the field, too, must not turn back.

And in that city there was a widow who continued to come to him and say, 'Give me justice and protection from my opponent.'

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop preventing them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell everything you have, and distribute the money among the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow me."

And as Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for today I must stop at your house."

So in haste he came down, and with gladness welcomed Him.

Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this home, for he too is a real descendant of Abraham.