and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior,

So he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’

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.

I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.

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

This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”

Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

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

in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.

Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean.

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

Herod added this to them all: He locked up John in prison.

He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all.

When they heard this, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage.

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,