Then the second one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has made five minas.’

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying that colt?”

“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

But Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”

So they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” Then he told them, “It is enough.”

When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, “Lord, should we use our swords?”

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”

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.

Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

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

Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.”