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After they had mocked Him, they removed the purple robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.

So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

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

Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,

Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.

And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

…and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

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

Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit, then, 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 crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.

Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,

Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,

Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.

Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.

Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”

But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”

Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”

And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Then John’s disciples informed him about all these things.

What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

“To what, then, can I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.

When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”

Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.

Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd.

The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.

Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.

Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.

Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,

Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.

Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.

Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

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

Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.

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

“The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

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

But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.

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

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”

Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?

The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.

Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.

Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

Then Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way toward Jerusalem.

Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.

Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.

But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.

Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

Then Jesus told them this parable:

Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.

Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?

Then Jesus said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well!”

Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

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

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”