Then they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”

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

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

At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

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.

He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.

Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry –

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.

When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,

Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ courts!

Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,