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because he has shown his concern for his humble servant girl. From now on, all people will say that I am blessed,

because the Powerful One has done great things for me. His name is holy.

When the baby was eight days old, they came to circumcise him. They wanted to name him Zechariah because this was his father's name,

The people who heard about them wondered, saying, "What will this child be?" because the Lord was with him.

"Let us praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to help his people and has given them freedom.

So Joseph left Nazareth, a town in Galilee, and went to the town of Bethlehem in Judea, known as the town of David. Joseph went there because he was from the family of David.

and she gave birth to her first son. Because there were no rooms left in the inn, she wrapped the baby with pieces of cloth and laid him in a feeding trough.

But John spoke against Herod, the governor, because of his sin with Herodias, the wife of Herod's brother, and because of the many other evil things Herod did.

"The Lord has put his Spirit in me, because he appointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to tell the captives they are free and to tell the blind that they can see again. Isaiah 61:1 God sent me to free those who have been treated unfairly Isaiah 58:6

They were amazed at his teaching, because he spoke with authority.

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

But because there were so many people there, they could not find a way in. So they went up on the roof and lowered the man on his mat through the ceiling into the middle of the crowd right before Jesus.

No one after drinking old wine wants new wine, because he says, ‘The old wine is better.'"

All the people were trying to touch Jesus, because power was coming from him and healing them all.

Jesus looked at his followers and said, "You people who are poor are blessed, because the kingdom of God belongs to you.

You people who are now hungry are blessed, because you will be satisfied. You people who are now crying are blessed, because you will laugh with joy.

"People will hate you, shut you out, insult you, and say you are evil because you follow the Son of Man. But when they do, you will be blessed.

Be full of joy at that time, because you have a great reward in heaven. Their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.

"But how terrible it will be for you who are rich, because you have had your easy life.

How terrible it will be for you who are full now, because you will be hungry. How terrible it will be for you who are laughing now, because you will be sad and cry.