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When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

Jesus said to them, "Aren't you mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return-whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

Later as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both of them were well along in years.

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time."

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

"The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.

Demons also came out of many people, shouting, "You are the Son of God!" But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.

But Jesus told them, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent."

"Master," Simon replied, "we have worked through the night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets."

The entire crowd was trying to touch Him, because power was coming from Him and healing them all.

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.