As Joseph her husband was a just man but unwilling to disgrace her, he resolved to divorce her secretly;

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.

but he did not live with her as a husband till she bore a son, whom he called Jesus.

A cry was heard in Rama, weeping and sore lamentation ??Rachel weeping for her children, and inconsolable because they are no more.

But I tell you, any one who even looks with lust at a woman has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

It used to be said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a divorce-certificate.

But I tell you, anyone who divorces his wife for any reason except unchastity makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

so he touched her hand; the fever left her and she rose and ministered to him.

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

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."

Then Jesus turned round, and when he saw her he said, "Courage, my daughter, your faith has made you well." And the woman was well from that hour.

But after the crowd had been put out, he went in and took her hand, and the girl rose up.

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

This is he of whom it is written, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you.

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."

I tell you, One is here who is greater than the temple.

Here is my servant whom I have selected, my Beloved in whom my soul delights; I will invest him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim religion to the Gentiles.

The men of Ninive will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for when Jonah preached they did repent, and here is One greater than Jonah.

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

Stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

Are not his sisters settled here among us? Then where has he got all this?"

since John had told him, "You have no right to her."

whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she wanted.

And she, at the instigation of her mother, said, "Give me John the Baptist's head this moment on a dish."

The king was sorry, but for the sake of his oath and his guests he ordered it to be given her;

his head was brought on a dish and given to the girl, and she took it to her mother.

He said, "Bring them here to me."

But he made no answer to her. Then his disciples came up and pressed him, saying, "Send her away, she is wailing behind us."

At that Jesus replied, "O woman, you have great faith; your prayer is granted as you wish." And from that hour her daughter was cured.

I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Son of man coming himself to reign."

So Peter addressed Jesus and said, "Lord, it is a good thing we are here; pray let me put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I still be with you? How long have I to bear with you? Bring him here to me."

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you truly, if you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you could say to this hill, 'Move from here to there,' and remove it would; nothing would be impossible for you."

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedaeus came up to him with her sons, praying him for a favour.

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said, "Give orders that my two sons are to sit at your right hand and at your left in your Realm."

saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you and you will at once find an ass tethered with a colt alongside of her; untether them and bring them to me.

Tell the daughter of Sion, 'Here is your king coming to you, He is gentle and mounted on an ass, And on a colt the foal of a beast of burden.'

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!'

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.'

So he said to him, 'My man, how did you get in here without a wedding-robe?' The man was speech less.

Now at the resurrection whose wife will she be? They all had her."

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

but he replied to them, "You see all this? I tell you truly, not a stone here will be left upon another, without being torn down."

For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be famines and earthquakes here and there.

If anyone tells you at that time, 'Here is the Christ!' or, 'there he is!' do not believe it;

If they tell you, 'Here he is in the desert,' do not go out; 'here he is in the chamber,' do not believe it.

Immediately after the misery of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not yield her light, the stars will drop from heaven and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken.

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

Then the servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds came forward, bringing twelve hundred more; he said, 'You handed me twelve hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another twelve hundred.'

Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.'

I tell you truly, wherever this gospel is preached through all the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, "Sit here till I go over there and pray."

he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me."

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

He is not here, he has risen, as he told you he would. See, here is the place where he [the Lord] lay.

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you:

Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with fever, so they told him at once about her,

and he went up to her and taking her hand made her rise; the fever left her at once and she ministered to them.

but he said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the adjoining country-towns, so that I may preach there as well; that is why I came out here."

there was a crowd sitting round him, and he was told, "Here are your mother and brothers and sisters wanting you outside."

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

And there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years ??26 she had suffered a great deal under a number of doctors and had spent all her means but was none the better; in fact she was rather worse.

And at once the hemorrhage stopped, and she felt in her body that she was cured of her complaint.

and the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came forward in fear and trembling and fell down before him, telling him all the truth.

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be free from your complaint."

then he took the child's hand and said to her, "Talitha koum" ??which may be translated, "Little girl, I am telling you to rise."

But he strictly forbade them to let anyone know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.

Is this not the joiner, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters settled here among us?" So they were repelled by him.

He swore to her, "I will give you whatever you want, were it the half of my realm."

So she went out and said to her mother, "What am I to ask?" "John the Baptizer's head," she answered.

The king was very vexed, but for the sake of his oaths and his guests he did not like to disappoint her;

brought his head on a dish, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

(the woman was a pagan, of Syrophoenician birth) begging him to cast the daemon out of her daughter.

He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first of all; it is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

He said to her, "Well, go your way; the daemon has left your daughter, since you have said that."

So she went home and found the child lying in bed and the daemon gone from her.

I tell you truly," he said, to them, "there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the coming of God's Reign with power."

So Peter addressed Jesus, saying, "Rabbi, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"

They said, "Moses permitted a man to divorce her by writing out a separation notice."

and she is an adulteress if she divorces her husband and marries another man."

saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you. As soon as you enter it you will find a colt tethered, on which no one has ever sat; untether it and bring it here.

But these vinedressers said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own.'

the second took her and died without leaving any offspring: so did the third:

David here calls him Lord. Then how can he be his son?" Now the mass of the people listened with delight to him.

for they have all put in a contribution out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all she possessed, her whole living."

For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be earthquakes here and there, and famines too. All that is but the beginning of the trouble.

If anyone tells you at that time, 'Look, here is the Christ,' or, 'Look, there he is,' do not believe it;

But when that misery is past, in those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not yield her light,

This perfume might have been sold for over three hundred shillings, and the poor might have got that." So they upbraided her.

But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

I tell you truly, wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, "Sit here till I pray."

he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch."

Then he came for the third time and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? No more of that! The hour has come, here is the Son of man betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Come, get up, here is my betrayer close at hand."

but he said to them, "Do not be bewildered. You are looking for Jesus of Nazaret, who was crucified? He has risen, he is not here. That is the place where he was laid.

but although they heard he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

In the days of Herod king of Judaea there was a priest called Zechariah, who belonged to the division of Abijah; he had a wife who belonged to the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

The angel went in and said to her, "Hail, O favoured one! the Lord be with you!"

But the angel said to her, "Fear not, Mary, you have found favour with God.