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

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

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]

because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed,

All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.

Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.

So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.

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

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

While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ,

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.

But Jesus said to them, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do.”

But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

So Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?

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

“Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.

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,

But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”