One of the experts in religious law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things you insult us too.”

Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight.”

But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.

For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

And in this way, with many other exhortations, John proclaimed good news to the people.

Then some of the experts in the law answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well!”

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!”

If then you haven’t been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches?

and then the third married her, and in this same way all seven died, leaving no children.

He said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

Then he said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’

Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding countryside.

Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up

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

Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.