So the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort.

They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.

Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.

He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.”

Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?”

They said to her, “But none of your relatives bears this name.”

He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

So the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

And he added, “I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people.

Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?

No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’”

“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,

A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.

“A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.