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

But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

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

He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

“And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age – although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!

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.

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

For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

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

Simon answered, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will lower the nets.”

After looking around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand was restored.

To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

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

While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”

Then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son – he is my only child!

John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”

Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!”

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”