but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.<n id="1" />

and<n id="1" /> saying, &#8220;The Lord has really risen, and has appeared to Simon!&#8221;<n id="2" />

The Lord replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Who then is the faithful and wise manager,<n id="2" /> whom the master puts in charge of his household servants,<n id="3" /> to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?

But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, &#8220;Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give<n id="1" /> to the poor, and if<n id="2" /> I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord,<n id="2" /> how he had said to him, &#8220;Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.&#8221;

They<n id="1" /> were both righteous in the sight of God, following<n id="2" /> all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.<n id="3" />

he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood,<n id="1" /> to enter<n id="2" /> the holy place<n id="3" /> of the Lord and burn incense.

&#8220;This is what<n id="1" /> the Lord has done for me at the time<n id="2" /> when he has been gracious to me,<n id="3" /> to take away my disgrace<n id="4" /> among people.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Blessed<n id="1" /> be the Lord God of Israel,p> <p class="poetry">because he has come to help<n id="2" /> and has redeemed<n id="3" /> his people.p>

<p class="poetry">And you, child,<n id="1" /> will be called the prophet<n id="2" /> of the Most High.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For you will go before<n id="4" /> the Lord to prepare his ways,<n id="5" />p>

and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, <b><i>a pair of dovesi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>or two young pigeonsi>b>.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So<n id="1" /> when Joseph and Mary<n id="2" /> had performed<n id="3" /> everything according to the law of the Lord,<n id="4" /> they returned to Galilee, to their own town<n id="5" /> of Nazareth.<n id="6" />

Jesus<n id="1" /> answered him,<n id="2" /> &#8220;It is said, &#8216;<b><i>You are not to put the Lord your God to the testi>b>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />

When<n id="1" /> the Lord saw her, he had compassion<n id="2" /> for her and said to her, &#8220;Do not weep.&#8221;<n id="3" />

But the Lord<n id="1" /> answered her,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Martha, Martha,<n id="3" /> you are worried and troubled<n id="4" /> about many things,

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Peter said, &#8220;Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?&#8221;<n id="2" />

Blessed is that slave<n id="1" /> whom his master finds at work<n id="2" /> when he returns.

Someone<n id="1" /> asked<n id="2" /> him, &#8220;Lord, will only a few<n id="3" /> be saved?&#8221; So<n id="4" /> he said to them,

Then<n id="1" /> the slave said, &#8216;Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.&#8217;<n id="2" />

So<n id="1" /> the first one came before him and said, &#8216;Sir,<n id="2" /> your mina<n id="3" /> has made ten minas more.&#8217;