And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear.

Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,

Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

There was also an inscription over him, “This is the king of the Jews.”

And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone.’”

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, “Do not weep.”

Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!’”

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?

And after about an hour still another insisted, “Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.”

But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight.”

But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.

Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”