For he has noticed his slave in her humble station, For from this time all the ages will think me favored!

"For the Almighty has done wonders for me, How holy his name is!

"He has done mighty deeds with his arm, He has routed the proud-minded,

He has dethroned monarchs and exalted the poor,

He has satisfied the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty-handed.

"He has helped his servant Israel, Remembering his mercy,

"Blessings on the Lord, the God of Israel, Because he has turned his attention to his people, and brought about their deliverance,

And he has produced a mighty Savior for us In the house of his servant David.

for today, in the town of David, a Savior for you has been born who is your Messiah and Lord.

When the angels left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Come! Let us go over to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, that the Lord has told us of!"

And he answered, "The man who has two shirts must share with the man who has none, and the man who has food must do the same."

He has his winnowing fork in his hand, to clean up his threshing-floor, and store his wheat in his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with inextinguishable fire."

And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this power and their splendor, for it has been turned over to me, and I can give it to anyone I please.

"The spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to preach the good news to the poor, He has sent me to announce to the prisoners their release and to the blind the recovery of their sight, To set the down-trodden at liberty,

And he began by saying to them, "This passage of Scripture has been fulfilled here in your hearing today!"

But to let you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth"??urning to the man who was paralyzed he said to him??"I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!"

New wine has to be put into fresh skins.

A good man, out of the good he has accumulated in his heart, produces good, and a bad man, out of what he has accumulated that is bad, produces what is bad. For his mouth says only what his heart is full of.

And they were all overcome with awe, and they praised God, and said, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has not forgotten his people!"

"For when John the Baptist came, he did not eat any bread or drink any wine, and you said, 'He has a demon!'

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!'

And turning to 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 from the moment I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet.

You did not put any oil upon my head, but she has put perfume upon my feet.

Therefore, I tell you, her sins, many as they are, are forgiven, for she has loved me so much. But the man with little to be forgiven loves me but little."

But he said to the woman, "It is your faith that has saved you. Go in peace."

And some fell on good soil, and grew up and yielded a hundred fold!" As he said this he called out, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!"

"Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you." And he went and told all over the town what Jesus had done for him.

And he said to her, "My daughter, it is your faith that has cured you. Go in peace."

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

and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes him who has sent me. For it is the lowliest among you all who is really great."

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and wild birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head!"

Everything has been handed over 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 anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

But Martha was worried with all she had to do for them, and she came up and said, "Master, does it make no difference to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."

indeed there is only one thing we need. For Mary has chosen the right thing, and it must not be taken away from her."

And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him in the middle of the night, and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

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

But if it is with the finger of God that I am driving the demons out, then the Kingdom of God has overtaken you.

This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute'??50 so that this age may be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the creation of the world,

I will show you whom to fear: fear him who, after killing you, has power to hurl you into the pit. Yes, fear him, I tell you.

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen to give you the kingdom.

But one who does wrong without knowing them will be lightly punished. From anyone who has been given much, much will be required, and of the man to whom people have intrusted much, they will demand even more.

And did not this woman, who is a descendant of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen years, have to be released from those bonds on the Sabbath day?"

And the slave said, 'What you ordered, sir, has been done, and there is still room.'

What man among you if he wishes to build a tower does not first sit down and estimate the cost of it, to see whether he has enough to complete it?

Or else when he has laid his foundation and cannot finish the building, everyone who sees it will begin to ridicule him,

In just that way, no one of you who does not say goodbye to all he has can be a disciple of mine.

It is fit neither for the ground nor the manure heap; people throw it away. Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!"

"What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go in search of the one that is lost, until he finds it?

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one, does not light the lamp and sweep the house and look carefully until she finds it?

When he came to himself he said, 'How many hired men my father has, who have more than enough to eat, and here I am, dying of hunger!

for my son here was dead, and he has come to life; he was lost, and he is found!' So they began to celebrate.

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

But when your son here came, who has eaten up your property with women of the street, for him you killed the calf you have been fattening!'

But we had to celebrate and be glad, because your brother was dead, and has come to life, and was lost and is found!' "

Until John came, it was the Law and the Prophets. From that time the Kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone has been crowding into it.

Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman who has been divorced from her husband commits adultery.

"What man among you, if he has a servant ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down at the table,'

Is he grateful to the slave for doing what he has been ordered to do?

And he said to him, "Stand up and go! Your faith has cured you."

And he said to them, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the Kingdom of God

And Jesus said to him, "Regain your sight! Your faith has cured you!"

And when they saw this, everyone complained, and said, "He has gone to stay with an irreligious man!"

Jesus said to him, "Salvation has come to this house today, for he too is a descendant of Abraham.

For the Son of Man has come to search for what was lost and to save it."

The first one came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars has made two hundred, sir!'

The second came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars has made a hundred, sir!'

And he said to the bystanders, 'Take the twenty dollars away from him, and give it to the man who has the two hundred!'

They said to him, 'He has two hundred, sir!'??26 'I tell you, the man who has will have more given him, and from the man who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away!

and said to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

He looked at them and said, "Then what does this saying of Scripture mean, "'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone'?

For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand,

And he said, "I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all the rest.

For they all gave from what they had to spare, but she in her want has put in all she had to live on."

For the Son of Man is going his way, as it has been decreed, but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!"

So just as my Father has conferred a kingdom on me

O Simon, Simon! Satan has obtained permission to sift all of you like wheat,

He said to them, "But now, if a man has a purse let him take it, and a bag too. And a man who has no sword must sell his coat and buy one.

But they persisted and said, "He is stirring up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He began in Galilee and he has come here."

Neither has Herod, for he has sent him back to us. You see he has done nothing to call for his death.

And he said to them a third time, "Why, what has he done that is wrong? For I have found nothing about him to call for his death. So I will teach him a lesson and let him go."

while the people stood looking on. Even the leading councilors jeered at him, and said, "He has saved others, let him save himself, if he is really God's Christ, his Chosen One!"

And we are suffering it justly, for we are only getting our deserts, but this man has done nothing wrong."

and one of them named Cleopas said to him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know what has happened there lately?"

Look at my hands and feet, for it is I myself! Feel of me and see, for a ghost has not flesh and bones, as you see I have."

and said to them, "The Scriptures said that Christ should suffer as he has done, and rise from the dead on the third day,

And I will send down upon you what my Father has promised. Wait here in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

The light is still shining in the darkness, for the darkness has never put it out.

The Jews said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary, and are you going to raise it in three days?"

This man went to Jesus one night, and said to him, "Master, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can show the signs that you do, unless God is with him."

Yet no one has gone up into heaven except the Son of Man who came down from heaven.

No one who believes in him has to come up for judgment. Anyone who does not believe stands condemned already, for not believing in God's only Son.

And the basis of the judgment is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were wicked, men have loved the darkness more than the light.

It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend who stands outside and listens for his voice is very glad when he hears the bridegroom speak. So this happiness of mine is now complete.

It is to what he has seen and heard that he gives testimony, and yet no one accepts his testimony.

Whoever does accept it has thereby acknowledged that God is true.

For he whom God has sent speaks God's words, for God gives him his Spirit without measure.

The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands.

Jesus answered, "If you knew what God has to give, and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

"Come, here is a man who has told me everything I ever did! Do you suppose he is the Christ?"