2. Stay awake . . . stand ready because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

3. Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. I baptise you in water for repentance, but the one who follows me will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

4. is proclaimed to the poor;
The blind see again,
and the lame walk,
lepers are cleansed,
and the deaf hear,
and the dead are
raised to life
and the Good News
is proclaimed to the poor;
and happy is the man who does not lose faith in me.

5. The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son
and they will call him Emmanuel,
a name which means ‘God-is-with-us’