As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”

When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this,

Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here.

What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

Not Peace but Division

“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.

Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

“The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’

“The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’

There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth.

and all the people came early in the morning to hear him at the temple.

And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

Jesus Has Risen

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.