And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

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

Fear seized them all, and they began to glorify God, saying, “A great prophet has appeared among us!” and “God has come to help his people!”

Why then didn’t you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?’

Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.

When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, “Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.”

(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

and the face cloth, which had been around Jesus’ head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself.

Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?”

When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,

But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus.

Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.

After three months we put out to sea in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the “Heavenly Twins” as its figurehead.

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? (I am speaking in human terms.)

because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we preach),