Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

“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.

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

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

She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

So he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.

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

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: Mary (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.

Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

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.”

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.

So he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come.

So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.