Then Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position;

and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”

And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.

But when these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

raised their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”

The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades!

But Jesus replied, “Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!

For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth,

Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.

and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely.

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

As he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!”