And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

There was also a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, having been married to her husband for seven years until his death.

and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

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.

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

Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.

Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission.

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely.

Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’

“Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”

There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd.