After he had thought about it, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," he said, "don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he is the one who will save his people from their sins."

"See, a virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,"

which means, "God with us." When Joseph got up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as his wife.

He did not have marital relations with her until she had given birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.

and asked, "Where is the one who was born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, because that is what was written by the prophet:

and sent them to Bethlehem. He told them, "As you go, search carefully for the child. When you find him, tell me so that I, too, may go and worship him."

After they went into the house and saw the child with his mother Mary, they fell down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasure sacks and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt," he said. "Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him."

Then the people of Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region along the Jordan began flocking to him,

being baptized by him in the Jordan River while they confessed their sins.

But John tried to stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?"

But Jesus answered him, "Let it be this way for now, because this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness."

At this, he permitted him to be baptized. When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

Then a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him!"

Then the Devil took him to the Holy City and had him stand on the highest point of the Temple.

Jesus responded to him, "It is also written, "You must not tempt the Lord your God.'"

Once more the Devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, along with their splendor.

Then Jesus told him, "Go away, Satan! Because it is written, "You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

So the Devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to him.

So at once they left their nets and followed him.

they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

His fame spread throughout Syria, and people brought to him everyone who was sick those afflicted with various diseases and pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralyzed and he healed them.

Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan followed him.

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the hill. After taking his seat, his disciples came to him,

But I tell you not to resist an evildoer. On the contrary, whoever slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat as well.

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go two with him.

Don't be like them, because your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Or if he asks for a fish, he wouldn't give him a snake, would he?

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!

When Jesus came down from the hillside, large crowds followed him.

Suddenly, a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."

So Jesus reached out his hand, touched him, and said, "I do want to. Be clean!" And instantly his leprosy was made clean.

Then Jesus told him, "See to it that you don't speak to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer the sacrifice that Moses commanded as proof to the authorities."

When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a centurion came up to him and begged him repeatedly,

Jesus told him, "I will come and heal him."

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and told those who were following him, "I tell all of you with certainty, not even in Israel have I found this kind of faith!

He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began serving him.

When evening came, people brought to him many who were possessed by demons. He drove out the spirits by speaking a command and healed everyone who was sick.

When Jesus saw the large crowds around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.

Just then, a scribe came up and told him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

Then another of his disciples told him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

When Jesus got into the boat, his disciples went with him.

They went to him and woke him up. "Lord!" they cried, "Save us! We're going to die!"

The men were amazed. "What kind of man is this?" they asked. "Even the winds and the sea obey him!"

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gerasenes, two demon-possessed men met him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could travel on that road.

Then the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and as soon as they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

All at once some people brought him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he told the paralyzed man, "Be courageous, son! Your sins are forgiven."

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's desk and told him, "Follow me." So he got up and followed him.

While Jesus was telling them these things, an official came up and fell down before him. "My daughter has just died," he said. "But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

So Jesus got up and followed him, along with his disciples.

Just then a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his garment,

he said, "Go away! The young lady hasn't died, but is sleeping." But they ridiculed him with laughter.

As Jesus was traveling on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord!"

But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that region.

As the men were going out, a man who couldn't talk because he was demon-possessed was brought to him.

Then Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and every illness.

and asked him, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one fully knows the Son except the Father, and no one fully knows the Father except the Son and the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

When the Pharisees saw this, they told him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"

How is it that he went into the house of God and ate the Bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him and his companions to eat but was reserved for the priests?

Suddenly, a man with a paralyzed hand appeared. The people asked Jesus if it was lawful to heal on Sabbath days, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

The Pharisees, however, went out and plotted against Jesus to kill him.

When Jesus became aware of this, he left that place. Many crowds followed him, and he healed all of them,

ordering them not to make him known.

"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, whom I love, and with whom I am pleased! I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to unbelievers.

He will not quarrel or shout, and no one will hear him shouting in the streets.

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to talk was brought to him. Jesus healed him so that the man could speak and see.

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.

Someone told him, "Look! Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you."

He asked the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"

Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the entire crowd stood on the shore.

because to anyone who has something, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who doesn't have anything, even what he has will be taken away from him.

"The owner's servants came and asked him, "Master, you sowed good seed in your field, didn't you? Then where did these weeds come from?'

"He told them, "An enemy did this!' "The servants asked him, "Do you want us to go and pull them out?'

Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and asked, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

"Do you understand all these things?" They told him, "Yes."

And they were offended by him.

told his servants, "This is John the Baptist! He has been raised from the dead, and that's why these miracles are being done by him."

Herod had arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

John had been telling him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

Although Herod wanted to kill him, he was afraid of the crowd, since they regarded John as a prophet.

When Jesus heard this, he left that place and went by boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the neighboring towns.

When evening had come, the disciples went to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

They told him, "We don't have anything here except five loaves of bread and two fish."

Jesus immediately had the disciples get into a boat and cross to the other side ahead of him, while he sent the crowds away.

When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified and cried out, "It's a ghost!" And they screamed in terror.

Peter answered him, "Lord, if it's you, order me to come to you on the water."

At once Jesus reached out his hand, caught him, and asked him, "You who have so little faith, why did you doubt?"

When the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word throughout that region and brought him everyone who was sick.

They kept begging him to let them touch just the tassel of his garment, and everyone who touched it was completely healed.

Then the disciples came and asked him, "Do you realize that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?"

Then Peter told him, "Explain to us this parable."

But he didn't answer her at all. Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, "Send her away, because she keeps on screaming as she follows us."

Then she came and fell down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"