When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear.

They appeared in glorious splendor and spoke about his departure that he was about to carry out at Jerusalem.

But Jesus said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.

As all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples,

Then they told what had happened on the road, and how they recognized him when he broke the bread.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away.

However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

She exclaimed with a loud voice, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb!

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches.”

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

Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.

The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine,

(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.