There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

So Mary said, “Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

but (because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day’s journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

John answered them, “The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise.”

The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

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

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

He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”

When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them, “Why are you raising objections within yourselves?

Jesus answered them, “Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.