But Jesus<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;I must<n id="2" /> proclaim the good news of the kingdom<n id="3" /> of God to the other towns<n id="4" /> too, for that is what I was sent<n id="5" /> to do.&#8221;<n id="6" />

When Jesus perceived<n id="1" /> their hostile thoughts,<n id="2" /> he said to them,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Why are you raising objections<n id="4" /> within yourselves?

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jesus<n id="1" /> was going through the grain fields on<n id="2" /> a Sabbath,<n id="3" /> and his disciples picked some heads of wheat,<n id="4" /> rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> it was during this time that Jesus<n id="2" /> went out to the mountain<n id="3" /> to pray, and he spent all night<n id="4" /> in prayer to God.<n id="5" />

After<n id="1" /> the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So<n id="2" /> they kept silent and told no one<n id="3" /> at that time<n id="4" /> anything of what they had seen.p>

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,

When<n id="1" /> he learned that he was from Herod&#8217;s jurisdiction,<n id="2" /> he sent him over to Herod,<n id="3" /> who also happened to be in Jerusalem<n id="4" /> at that time.

<t /><p class="bodytext">During the reign<n id="1" /> of Herod<n id="2" /> king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to<n id="3" /> the priestly division of Abijah,<n id="4" /> and he had a wife named Elizabeth,<n id="5" /> who was a descendant of Aaron.<n id="6" />

<p class="bodytext">Zechariah<n id="1" /> said to the angel, &#8220;How can I be sure of this?<n id="2" /> For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.&#8221;<n id="3" />

But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah&#8217;s days,<n id="1" /> when the sky<n id="2" /> was shut up three and a half years, and<n id="3" /> there was a great famine over all the land.

As<n id="1" /> she stood<n id="2" /> behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She<n id="3" /> wiped them with her hair,<n id="4" /> kissed<n id="5" /> them,<n id="6" /> and anointed<n id="7" /> them with the perfumed oil.

Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn&#8217;t know<n id="2" /> the things that have happened there<n id="3" /> in these days?&#8221;

Then,<n id="1" /> turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, &#8220;Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet,<n id="2" /> but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.