So when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave well.

Give us each day our daily bread,

Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,

Then they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and had Jesus get on it.

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened,

As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying that colt?”

Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.

Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

“Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.’

He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

So when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

and entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.

And Mary said, “My soul exalts the Lord,

the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants

“Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace.

And in this way, with many other exhortations, John proclaimed good news to the people.