I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.”

But his mother replied, “No! He must be named John.”

I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”

When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

So they replied that they did not know where it came from.

Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.

Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him.

He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

Now many have undertaken to compile an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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

He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.

he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people.

He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant –