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Jesus said to them, "Aren't you mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power?

"As for yourselves, be on your guard! PeopleThey">[fn] will hand you over to local councils, and you will be beaten in their synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings to testify to them because of me.Matthew 10:17-18; 24:9; Revelation 2:10;">[xr]

You will be hated continuously by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved."Daniel 12:12; Matthew 10:22; Luke 21:17; Revelation 2:10;">[xr]

So keep on watching, because you don't know when the master of the house is coming - whether in the evening, at three o'clock in the morning,at cock crow">[fn] or at dawn.Matthew 24:42,44;">[xr]

Again he denied it. After a little while the people who were standing there began to say to Peter again, "Obviously you're one of them, because you are a Galilean!"Matthew 26:73; Luke 22:59; John 18:26; Acts 2:7;">[xr]

For he knew that the high priests had handed himhim">[fn] over because of jealousy.

So they left the tomb and ran away, for shock and astonishment had overwhelmed them. They didn't say a thing to anyone, because they were afraid.They reported to those who were with Peter everything they had been commanded. After this, Jesus sent out through them, from east to west, the sacred and indestructible message of eternal salvation. Amen.">[fn]Matthew 28:8; Luke 24:9;">[xr]

Finally he appeared to the eleven disciplesto the eleven themselves">[fn] while they were eating. He rebuked them for their unbelief and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had risen.Luke 24:36; John 20:19; 1 Corinthians 15:5;">[xr]

They had no children because Elizabeth was barren and because both of them were getting on in years.in their days">[fn]

But the angel said to him, "Stop being afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.Luke 1:60,63;">[xr]

But because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at the proper time,in their times">[fn] you will become silent and unable to speak until the day this happens."Ezekiel 3:26; 24:27;">[xr]

because the Almighty has done great things for me.Psalm 71:19; 111:9; 126:2-3;">[xr] His name is holy.

Because of the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high has broken upon us,

Joseph, too, went up from the city of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was a descendanta descendant">[fn] of the household and family of David.1 Samuel 16:1,4; Matthew 1:16; Luke 1:27; John 7:42;">[xr]

and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was not any room for them in the inn.in the guest room">[fn]Matthew 1:25;">[xr]

Now Herod the tetrarch had been rebuked by Johnhim">[fn] because he had marriedbecause of">[fn] his brother's wife Herodias and because of all the evil things Herod had done.Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17;">[xr]

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,Isaiah 61:1;">[xr] because he has anointed me to tellthe good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,

They were utterly amazed at his teaching, because his message was spokenspoken">[fn] with authority.Matthew 6:28-29; Titus 2:15;">[xr]

Even demons came out of many people, screaming, "You are the Son of God!" But Jesushe">[fn] rebuked them and ordered them not to speak, because they knew he was the Christ.[fn]Mark 1:25,34; 3:11; Luke 1:34-35;">[xr]

When they couldn't find a way to get him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on his stretcher through the tiles into the middle of the room,of the room">[fn] right in front of Jesus.