&#8220;<b><i>Blessed is the kingi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>who comes in the name of the Lord!i>b><n id="2" /> Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;The one who is faithful in a very little<n id="1" /> is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Glory<n id="1" /> to God in the highest,p> <p class="poetry">and on earth peace among people<n id="2" /> with whom he is pleased!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues<n id="1" /> on the Sabbath,

For if such things are done<n id="1" /> when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

What<n id="1" /> did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy<n id="2" /> clothes?<n id="3" /> Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury<n id="4" /> are in kings&#8217; courts!<n id="5" />

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing<n id="1" /> the word, cling to it<n id="2" /> with an honest and good<n id="3" /> heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.<n id="4" />p>

And in hell,<n id="1" /> as he was in torment,<n id="2" /> he looked up<n id="3" /> and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.<n id="4" />

Then those who are in Judea must flee<n id="1" /> to the mountains. Those<n id="2" /> who are inside the city must depart. Those<n id="3" /> who are out in the country must not enter it,

&#8220;Beware<n id="1" /> of the experts in the law.<n id="2" /> They<n id="3" /> like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings<n id="4" /> in the marketplaces and the best seats<n id="5" /> in the synagogues<n id="6" /> and the places of honor at banquets.

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> while Zechariah<n id="2" /> was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder<n id="2" /> why he was delayed in the holy place.<n id="3" />

&#8220;This is what<n id="1" /> the Lord has done for me at the time<n id="2" /> when he has been gracious to me,<n id="3" /> to take away my disgrace<n id="4" /> among people.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River<n id="2" /> and was led by the Spirit<n id="3" /> in<n id="4" /> the wilderness,<n id="5" />

They appeared in glorious splendor and spoke about his departure<n id="1" /> that he was about to carry out<n id="2" /> at Jerusalem.<n id="3" />

Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats<n id="1" /> in the synagogues<n id="2" /> and elaborate greetings<n id="3" /> in the marketplaces!

Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night<n id="1" /> and finds them alert,<n id="2" /> blessed are those slaves!<n id="3" />

Just<n id="1" /> as it was<n id="2" /> in the days of Noah,<n id="3" /> so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man.

(This<n id="1" /> was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection<n id="2" /> started in the city, and for murder.)<n id="3" />

Then they told what had happened on the road,<n id="1" /> and how they recognized him<n id="2" /> when he broke the bread.p>