“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.

Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied, “Rabbi, let me see again.”

For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

The expert in the law said to him, “That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him.

He called his disciples and said to them, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.

Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

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.”

(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.”)

The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus).

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

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.

Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”

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

All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the Lord’s hand was indeed with him.

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

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

At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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

and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons.