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But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, 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 will name him John.

Now listen. You will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

because he has looked with favoron the humble condition of his servant.Surely, from now on all generationswill call me blessed,

because the Mighty Onehas done great things for me,and his name is holy.

Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel,because he has visitedand provided redemption for his people.

Because of our God’s merciful compassion,the dawn from on high will visit us

Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and all the evil things he had done,

The devil said to him, “I will give you their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.

They were astonished at his teaching because his message had authority.

Also, demons were coming out of many, shouting and saying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew he was the Christ.

But he said to them, “It is necessary for me to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this purpose.”

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’s knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

And no one, after drinking old wine, wants new, because he says, ‘The old is better.’”

The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.

because he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.”