Now many have undertaken to compile an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,

“Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

He said, “Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them!