They will say,<n id="1" /> &#8216;This man<n id="2" /> began to build and was not able to finish!&#8217;<n id="3" />

Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?&#8221;<n id="1" />

There was also an inscription<n id="1" /> over him, &#8220;This is the king of the Jews.&#8221;p>

He went to Pilate and asked for the body<n id="1" /> of Jesus.

But<n id="1" /> she was greatly troubled<n id="2" /> by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting.<n id="3" />

This<n id="1" /> report<n id="2" /> about Jesus<n id="3" /> circulated<n id="4" /> throughout<n id="5" /> Judea and all the surrounding country.p>

But<n id="1" /> those who were at the table<n id="2" /> with him began to say among themselves, &#8220;Who is this, who even forgives sins?&#8221;

But<n id="1" /> the Pharisees<n id="2" /> and the experts in the law<n id="3" /> were complaining,<n id="4" /> &#8220;This man welcomes<n id="5" /> sinners and eats with them.&#8221;p>

And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing<n id="1" /> wrong.&#8221;

He<n id="1" /> will be great,<n id="2" /> and will be called the Son of the Most High,<n id="3" /> and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father<n id="4" /> David.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;And look,<n id="1" /> your relative<n id="2" /> Elizabeth has also become pregnant with<n id="3" /> a son in her old age &#8211; although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!<n id="4" />

This is the one about whom it is written, &#8216;<b><i>Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,i>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>who will prepare your way before youi>b>.&#8217;<n id="2" />

Herod said, &#8220;I had John<n id="1" /> beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?&#8221; So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.<n id="2" />p>

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it,<n id="1" /> but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

Then<n id="1" /> a voice came from the cloud, saying, &#8220;This is my Son, my Chosen One.<n id="2" /> Listen to him!&#8221;<n id="3" />

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again &#8211; he was lost and is found!&#8217;<n id="1" /> So<n id="2" /> they began to celebrate.p>

But when this son of yours<n id="1" /> came back, who has devoured<n id="2" /> your assets with prostitutes,<n id="3" /> you killed the fattened calf<n id="4" /> for him!&#8217;

It was appropriate<n id="1" /> to celebrate and be glad, for your brother<n id="2" /> was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, &#8216;This is the heir; let&#8217;s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!&#8217;

Then a slave girl,<n id="1" /> seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, &#8220;This man was with him too!&#8221;