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

because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,

All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.

Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.

There was also a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, having been married to her husband for seven years until his death.

So John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the evil deeds that he had done,

Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding countryside.

Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”

Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

Then a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him!”

Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem.

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.

Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.

So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes.

who longed to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores.

(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don’t come into this place of torment.’