But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

The man replied, ‘A hundred measures of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

“The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

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

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’

But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” At that moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

So they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” He answered them, “You say that I am.”

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies.

Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, “Certainly this man was innocent!”

The angel came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!”

because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name;

Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,

Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

He told them, “Collect no more than you are required to.”

So when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time.

They were amazed at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.

Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.