Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue released, and he spoke, blessing God.

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

At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

“So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?”

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),

and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you, ‘I don’t know where you come from.’

(but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).

For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

“I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God’s angels.

Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.

Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him.

When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.