Then<n id="1" /> the second one came and said, &#8216;Sir, your mina has made five minas.&#8217;

But<n id="1" /> some of the Pharisees<n id="2" /> in the crowd said to him, &#8220;Teacher, rebuke your disciples.&#8221;<n id="3" />

But Peter<n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">He<n id="1" /> said also to the man<n id="2" /> who had invited him, &#8220;When you host a dinner or a banquet,<n id="3" /> don&#8217;t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

<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" />

So<n id="1" /> Mary said, &#8220;Yes,<n id="2" /> I am a servant<n id="3" /> of the Lord; let this happen to me<n id="4" /> according to your word.&#8221;<n id="5" /> Then<n id="6" /> the angel departed from her.p>

She<n id="1" /> exclaimed with a loud voice,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Blessed are you among women,<n id="3" /> and blessed is the child<n id="4" /> in your womb!

For the instant<n id="1" /> the sound of your greeting reached my ears,<n id="2" /> the baby in my womb leaped for joy.<n id="3" />

Jesus<n id="1" /> answered him,<n id="2" /> &#8220;It is written, &#8216;<b><i>You are to worshipi>b><n id="3" /> <b><i>the Lordi>b><n id="4" /> <b><i>your God and servei>b> only <b><i>himi>b>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

Simon<n id="1" /> answered,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Master,<n id="3" /> we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word<n id="4" /> I will lower<n id="5" /> the nets.&#8221;

After<n id="1" /> looking around<n id="2" /> at them all, he said to the man,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Stretch out your hand.&#8221; The man<n id="4" /> did so, and his hand was restored.<n id="5" />

To the person who strikes you on the cheek,<n id="1" /> offer the other as well,<n id="2" /> and from the person who takes away your coat,<n id="3" /> do not withhold your tunic<n id="4" /> either.<n id="5" />

Why<n id="1" /> do you see the speck<n id="2" /> in your brother&#8217;s eye, but fail to see<n id="3" /> the beam of wood<n id="4" /> in your own?

<p class="bodytext">While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler&#8217;s<n id="1" /> house came and said, &#8220;Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> a man from the crowd cried out,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Teacher, I beg you to look at<n id="3" /> my son &#8211; he is my only child!

<t /><p class="bodytext">John answered,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop<n id="2" /> him because he is not a disciple<n id="3" /> along with us.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the seventy-two<n id="2" /> returned with joy, saying, &#8220;Lord, even the demons submit to<n id="3" /> us in your name!&#8221;<n id="4" />

&#8220;When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast,<n id="1" /> do not take<n id="2" /> the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.<n id="3" />

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, &#8220;Father, I have sinned<n id="1" /> against heaven<n id="2" /> and against<n id="3" /> you.

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>