but after he had planned this, there appeared an angel of the Lord to him in a dream saying, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her comes from the holy Spirit.

asking, "Where is the newly-born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose, and we have come to worship him."

And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people."

John tried to prevent him; "I need to get baptized by you," he said, "and you come to me!"

But Jesus answered him, "Come now, this is how we should fulfil all our duty to God." Then John gave in to him.

so he said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."

Do not imagine I have come to destroy the Law or the prophets; I have not come to destroy but to fulfil.

You have heard how the men of old were told, 'Murder not: whoever murders must come up for sentence,

whoever maligns his brother must come before the San hedrin, whoever curses his brother must go to the fire of Gehenna.' But I tell you, whoever is angry with his brother [without cause] will be sentenced by God.

leave your gift at the very altar and go away; first be reconciled to your brother, then come back and offer your gift.

Beware of false prophets; they come to you with the garb of sheep but at heart they are ravenous wolves.

He replied, "I will come and heal him."

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Many, I tell you, will come from east and west and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Realm of heaven,

They shrieked, "Son of God, what business have you with us? Have you come here to torture us before it is time?"

Jesus was at table indoors, and many taxgatherers and sinners had come to be guests with him and his disciples.

Go and learn the meaning of this word, I care for mercy not for sacrifice. For I have not come to call just men but sinners."

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding mourn so long as the bride groom is beside them? A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast.

As he said this, an official came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter is just dead; do come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

Now, when they bring you up for trial, do not trouble yourselves about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will come to you at the moment,

Do not imagine I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

Come, what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft raiment? The wearers of soft raiment are in royal palaces.

Come, why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied of it until John: ??14 if you care to believe it, he is the Elijah who is to come.

For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and men say, 'He has a devil';

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

Come to me, all who are labouring and burdened, and I will refresh you.

As Jesus knew what they were thinking, he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, any city or house divided against itself will never stand;

Whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come.

Then it says, 'I will go back to the house I left,' and when it comes it finds the house vacant, clean, and all in order.

When anyone hears the word of the Realm and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; that is the man who is sown 'on the road.'

It is less than any seed on earth, but when it grows up it is larger than any plant, it becomes a tree, so large that the wild birds come and roost in its branches."

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

He said, "Come." Then Peter got out of the boat and walked over the water on his way to Jesus;

it is not what enters a man's mouth that defiles him, what defiles a man is what comes out of his mouth."

while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart ??and that is what defiles a man.

For out of the heart come evil designs, murder, adultery, sexual vice, stealing, false witness, and slander.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me;

The disciples inquired of him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

He replied, "Elijah to come and restore all things?

Nay, I tell you Elijah has already come, but they have not recognized him ??they have worked their will on him. And the Son of man will suffer at their hands in the same way."

Woe to the world for hindrances! Hindrances have to come, but ??woe to the man by whom the hindrance does come!

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell your property, give the money to the poor and you shall have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

And the crowds who went in front of him and who followed behind shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name! Hosanna in high heaven!"

and noticing a fig tree by the roadside he went up to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you after this!" And instantly the fig tree withered up.

Where did the baptism of John come from? From heaven or from men?" Now they argued to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

But when the vinedressers saw his son they said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him and seize his inheritance!'

Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to these vinedressers?"

He sent his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they would not come.

Once more he sent some other servants, saying, 'Tell the invited guests, here is my supper all prepared, my oxen and fat cattle are killed, everything is ready; come to the marriage-banquet.'

I tell you truly, it will all come upon this generation.

For I tell you, you will never see me again till you say, Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name."

for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see and do not be alarmed. These have to come, but it is not the end yet.

This gospel of the Reign shall be preached all over the wide world as a testimony to all the Gentiles, and then the end will come.

Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

But at midnight the cry arose, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory,

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Come, get up and let us go. Here is my betrayer close at hand!"

While he was still speaking, up came Judas, one of the twelve, accompanied by a large mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and the elders of the people.

and calling, "You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! Save yourself, if you are God's Son! Come down from the cross!"

"He saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself! He the 'king of Israel'! Let him come down now from the cross; then we will believe in him!

But the others said, "Stop, let us see if Elijah does come to save him!" [Seizing a lance, another pricked his side, and out came water and blood.]

"If this comes to the ears of the governor," they added, "we will satisfy him and see that you have no trouble about the matter."

He announced, "After me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to stoop and untie the string of his sandals:

he said, "The time has now come, God's reign is near: repent and believe in the gospel."

so Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me and I will make you fish for men."

"Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? We know who you are, you are God's holy One."

But Jesus checked it; "Be quiet," he said, "come out of him."

And after convulsing him the unclean spirit did come out of him with a loud cry.

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."

A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them; then they will fast, on that day.

He said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise and come forward;"

But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and "It is by the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."

and if Satan has risen against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, he comes to an end.

As for those 'on the road,' when the seed is sown there ??as soon as they hear it, Satan at once comes and carries off the word sown within them.

but the worries of the world and the delight of being rich and all the other passions come in to choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

But whenever the crop is ready, he has the sickle put in at once, as harvest has come."

(For he had said, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.")

with earnest entreaties. "My little girl is dying," he said, "do come and lay your hands on her that she may recover and live,"

He was still speaking when a message came from the house of the synagogue-president, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher to come any further?"

And he said to them, "Come away to some lonely spot and get a little rest" (for there were many people coming and going, and they could get no time even to eat).

Now the Pharisees gathered to meet him, with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

they decline to eat what comes from the market till they have washed it; and they have a number of other traditions to keep about washing cups and jugs and basins [and beds].)

nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him; it is what comes from him that defiles him.

"No," he said, "it is what comes from a man, that is what defiles him.

From within, from the heart of man, the designs of evil come: sexual vice, stealing, murder,

If I send them home without food they will faint on the road. Besides, some of them have come a long way."

Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this disloyal and sinful generation, the Son of man will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, to restore all things; but what is written about the Son of man as well? This, that he is to endure great suffering and be rejected.

As for Elijah, I tell you he has come already, and they have done to him whatever they pleased ??as it is written of him."

And it did come out, after shrieking aloud and convulsing him violently. The child turned like a corpse, so that most people said, "he is dead";

He said to them, "Nothing can make this kind come out but prayer and fasting."

but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.