But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’

One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”

And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

Then he said to them, “What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking sad.

While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

And while they still could not believe it (because of their joy) and were amazed, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Then Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them.

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”

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.

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.

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:

Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

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

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.

But he replied, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”