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The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron.
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to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.
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for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name.
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On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,
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They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”
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Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.
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He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.”
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On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.
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Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him,
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Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
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Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
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Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
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Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house
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Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”
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“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”
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The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
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However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
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At the Home of Martha and Mary
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.
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He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
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Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
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At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores
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A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
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“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
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He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
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“But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.
