Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it. This is my body.”

Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his ear.

But he denied it: “I don’t even understand what you’re talking about!” Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.

Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

Then as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

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.

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.