There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”

“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.

but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us to eat.”

And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, “Lord, should we use our swords?”

Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

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.