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

You will conceive in your womb and bear a son; and you are to call His name JESUS.

He will be great and He will be called 'Son of the Most High.' And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David;

The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for this reason your holy offspring will be called 'the Son of God.'

And see, your relative Elizabeth--she also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

Now when Elizabeth's full time was come, she gave birth to a son;

and she gave birth to her first-born son, and wrapped Him round, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

during the High-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, a message from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the Desert.

and the Holy Spirit came down in bodily shape, like a dove, upon Him, and a voice came from Heaven, which said, "Thou art My Son, dearly loved: in Thee is My delight."

And He--Jesus--when He began His ministry, was about thirty years old. He was the son (it was supposed)

son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph,

son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai,

son of Mahath, son of Mattathias, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda,

son of Johanan, son of Resa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri,

son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er,

son of Joshua, son of Eliezar, son of Jorim, son of Maththat, son of Levi,

son of Symeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim, son of

Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David,

son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon,

son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah,

son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor,

son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah,

son of Cainan, son of Arpachshad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech,

son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalalel, son of Kenan,

son of Enosh, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.

Then the Devil said to Him, "If you are God's Son, tell this stone to become bread."

Then he brought Him to Jerusalem and caused Him to stand on the roof of the Temple, and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down from here; for it is written,

And they all spoke well of Him, wondering at the sweet words of kindness which fell from His lips, while they asked one another, "Is not this Joseph's son?"

Demons also came out of many, loudly calling out, "You are the Son of God." But He rebuked them and forbad them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

and so were Simon's partners James and John, the sons of Zabdi.)

But to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" --Turning to the paralytic He said, "I bid you, Rise, take up your bed, and go home."

"The Son of Man," He added, "is Lord of the Sabbath also."

Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.

Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

And just as He reached the gate of the town, they happened to be bringing out for burial a dead man who was his mother's only son; and she was a widow; and a great number of the townspeople were with her.

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, there is a man who is overfond of eating and drinking--he is a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!'

When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? Do not torture me, I beseech you."

and He said, "The Son of Man must suffer much cruelty, be rejected by the Elders and High Priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised to life again."

For whoever shall have been ashamed of me and my teachings, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own and the Father's glory and in that of the holy angels.

Then there came a voice from within the cloud: "This is My Son, My Chosen One: listen to Him."

and a man from the crowd called out, "Rabbi, I beg you to pity my son, for he is my only child.

"O unbelieving and perverse generation!" replied Jesus; "how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here to me."

"As for you, store these my sayings in your memory; for, before long, the Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men."

"The foxes have holes," said Jesus, "and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."

All things are delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son may choose to reveal Him."

And what father is there among you, who, if his son asks for a slice of bread, will offer him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish offer him a snake?

For just as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a token to the present generation.

"And I tell you that every man who shall have acknowledged me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.

"Moreover every one who shall speak against the Son of Man, may obtain forgiveness; but he who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will never obtain forgiveness.

Be you also ready, for at an hour when you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come."

father against son and son against father; mother attacking daughter and daughter her mother, mother-in-law her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law her mother-in-law."

He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons.

No long time afterwards the younger son got all together and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money in debauchery and excess.

I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.'

"'Father,' cried the son, 'I have sinned against Heaven and before you: no longer do I deserve to be called a son of yours.'

for my son here was dead and has come to life again: he was lost and has been found.' "And they began to be merry.

"Now his elder son was out on the farm; and when he returned and came near home, he heard music and dancing.

"'All these years,' replied the son, 'I have been slaving for you, and I have never at any time disobeyed any of your orders, and yet you have never given me so much as a kid, for me to enjoy myself with my friends;

but now that this son of yours is come who has eaten up your property among his bad women, you have killed the fat calf for him.'

"'You my dear son,' said the father, 'are always with me, and all that is mine is also yours.

"And the master praised the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for, in relation to their own contemporaries, the men of this age are shrewder than the sons of Light.

Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.

For just as the lightning, when it flashes, shines from one part of the horizon to the opposite part, so will the Son of Man be on His day.

"And as it was in the time of Noah, so will it also be in the time of the Son of Man.

Exactly so will it be on the day that the veil is lifted from the Son of Man.

Yes, He will soon avenge their wrongs. Yet, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?"

Then He drew the Twelve to Him and said, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written in the Prophets which refers to the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

Then, at the top of his voice, he cried out, "Jesus, son of David, take pity on me."

Those in front reproved him and tried to silence him; but he continued shouting, louder than ever, "Son of David, take pity on me."

Turning towards him, Jesus replied, "To-day salvation has come to this house, seeing that he too is a son of Abraham.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

Then the owner of the vineyard said, "'What am I to do? I will send my son--my dearly-loved son: they will probably respect him.'

For indeed they cannot die again; they are like angels, and are sons of God through being sons of the Resurrection.

But He asked them, "How is it they say that the Christ is a son of David?

"David himself therefore calls Him Lord, and how can He be his son?"

And then will they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and glory.

But beware of slumbering; and every moment pray that you may be fully strengthened to escape from all these coming evils, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

For indeed the Son of Man goes on His way--His pre-destined way; yet alas for that man who is betraying Him!"

"Judas," said Jesus, "are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

But from this time forward the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of God's omnipotence."

Thereupon they cried out with one voice, "You, then, are the Son of God?" "It is as you say," He answered; "I am He."

when He told you that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again."