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The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”

However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.

He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.

She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.

Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.”

Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.

But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy, your body also is full of darkness.

“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.

Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.

So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’

The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.

Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.”

When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’
“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.

and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!

“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!

for he has been mindful
of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed,

He has filled the hungry with good things
but has sent the rich away empty.

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.

So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’

“The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’

His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.

“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.

He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David

I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.

So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed,

People will tell you, ‘There he is!’ or ‘Here he is!’ Do not go running off after them.

People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

So watch yourselves.
“If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them.

Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.

And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.

This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child,

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and the glory of your people Israel.”

The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him.

And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.

Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.

The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah.

His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.

Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”

“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”

And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.

But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.

If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

“Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”

As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”