When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, “Rabbi!” and kissed him.

When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said, “You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.”

When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”

So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He replied, “You say so.”

So Pilate asked him again, “Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”

Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take.

Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled back.

Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.

Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

After some time his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. She said,

But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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

he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.

Because of our God’s tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

When morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:

“But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”