There right in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy.

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”

When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.

(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem?

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven.”

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

“And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

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

He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one shouting in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.

On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

But they persisted in saying, “He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!”

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you!

But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

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

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