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For those will be days of tribulation unmatched from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Truly I tell you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.”

Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”

At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

But Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed His last.

When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.

Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.

“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”

In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

For no word from God will ever fail.”

Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.