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" />

It<n id="1" /> had been revealed<n id="2" /> to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die<n id="3" /> before<n id="4" /> he had seen the Lord&#8217;s Christ.<n id="5" />

She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years.<n id="1" /> She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.<n id="2" />

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees,<n id="1" /> and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be<n id="2" /> cut down and thrown into the fire.&#8221;p>

So<n id="1" /> he stretched out his hand and touched<n id="2" /> him, saying, &#8220;I am willing. Be clean!&#8221; And immediately the leprosy left him.

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" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he looked up<n id="2" /> at his disciples and said:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Blessed<n id="3" /> are you who are poor,<n id="4" /> for the kingdom of God belongs<n id="5" /> to you.p>

and also some women<n id="1" /> who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities:<n id="2" /> Mary<n id="3" /> (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;No one lights<n id="1" /> a lamp<n id="2" /> and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Jesus&#8217;<n id="1" /> mother and his brothers<n id="2" /> came to him, but<n id="3" /> they could not get near him because of the crowd.

So<n id="1" /> the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs<n id="2" /> rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

<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;

She<n id="1" /> had a sister named Mary, who sat<n id="2" /> at the Lord&#8217;s feet<n id="3" /> and listened to what he said.

So he said to them, &#8220;When you pray,<n id="1" /> say:p> <p class="poetry">Father,<n id="2" /> may your name be honored;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">may your kingdom come.<n id="4" />p>

So<n id="1" /> if<n id="2" /> Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because<n id="3" /> you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

But<n id="1" /> when a stronger man<n id="2" /> attacks<n id="3" /> and conquers him, he takes away the first man&#8217;s<n id="4" /> armor on which the man relied<n id="5" /> and divides up<n id="6" /> his plunder.<n id="7" />

For this reason also the wisdom<n id="1" /> of God said, &#8216;I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,&#8217;

That<n id="1" /> servant who knew his master&#8217;s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked<n id="2" /> will receive a severe beating.

So<n id="1" /> Jesus asked<n id="2" /> the experts in religious law<n id="3" /> and the Pharisees, &#8220;Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath<n id="4" /> or not?&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;Which of you, if you have a son<n id="2" /> or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?&#8221;