When they were gone an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying; "Rise! Take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and there remain until I bring you word; for Herod intends to make a search for the child, in order to put him to death."

There he remained until the death of Herod, in order that the word of the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, Out of Egypt I called my son.

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there; and being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into Galilee and settled in a town called Nazareth,

"If therefore when you are offering your gift upon the altar, and there remember that your brother has a grievance against you,

"leave there your gift before the altar, and go and make friends with your brother, first of all; then come and offer your gift.

"I tell you truly that you would certainly not get out from there until you had paid back the last cent.

"For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

"What man of you is there who, when his son asks a loaf, will give him a stone?

"but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth."

"Why are you afraid?" he said, "you men of little faith!" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm.

Now there was, at some distance from them, a herd of many swine feeding;

And he rose and followed him. And while he was at table in Matthew's house, there came many tax-gatherers and sinners, and they dined with Jesus and his disciples.

"Into whatever city or town you enter, inquire for some worthy person there, and stay with him until you leave.

"So do not fear them; for there is nothing concealed which shall not be revealed, nor anything secret which shall not become known.

"In solemn truth I tell you that there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than John the Baptist; yet one of the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

"How he went into the House of God, and there they ate the loaves of the Presence, which neither he nor his men were permitted to eat, but the priests only?

As he passed along he went into their synagogue, and there he saw a man with a withered hand.

"Is there a man of you," he replied, "who has but a single sheep, who will not lay hold of it and lift it out, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day?

"Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits worse than itself; and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation."

Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once;

"and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

"There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

And he did no mighty works there, because of their lack of faith.

After he had sent the crowds away, he went up into the mountain alone, to pray. When night came he was there alone.

Behold, there came to him a Canaanite woman of those parts. She wailed loudly, saying. "Pity me, Lord, thou Son of David! My daughter is possessed of an evil spirit."

On leaving that place Jesus went along the shore of the Sea of Galilee; and after climbing a hill, took his seat there.

"For wherever there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I among them."

A great multitude followed him, and he healed them there.

"For there are eunuchs who have been such from birth; others who have been made such by men; and others who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of God. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."

"Why do you ask me about what is good?" asked Jesus. "There is but One who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

Then Jesus entered into the Temple courts, and cast out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

So he left them and went outside the city, to Bethany, and spent the night there.

"But give me your judgment. There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said to him, "'Son, go work today in my vineyard!'

"'So go out into the partings of the highways, and summon everybody you find there to the wedding-feast.'

"Then the king came in to inspect his guests, and he discovered there a man who had not put on a wedding-garment. He said to him,

"'Bind him hand and foot, 'said the king to his officers, 'and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth.'

"For there are many called, but few are chosen."

That very day there came to him some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. and they questioned him.

"Now there were of our number seven brothers; and the first married and died. As he had no children, he left his wife to his brother;

"You see all these buildings?" he answered them; "I tell you solemnly that there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be torn down."

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

"If at that time any one should say to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' believe him not.

"'See, He is in the desert,' do not go out there. "'See, He is in the inner room,' do not believe it.

Wherever the corpse lies, there will the vultures flock together.

At that time there will be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left.

But at midnight there arose a cry, "'Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!'

"'Not so, answered the wise, 'for there may not be enough for you and for us. Go to the shops, rather, and buy some for yourselves.'

"so I was afraid; I went away and buried your talent in the earth. There, you have what belongs to you!'

But cast out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'

Soon afterward he went out into the porch, and another maid saw him, and said to those who were there, "This fellow certainly was with Jesus, the Nazarene!"

Then they sat and watched him there.

And there were present several women who were looking on from a distance; they had followed Jesus from a Galilee, ministering to him.

When it was eventide, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Josephus, who was himself a disciple of Jesus.

And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

There had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, and gone and rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it.

And go quickly and tell his disciples. 'He is risen from the dead; he goes before you into Galilee; you will see him there.' Remember, I have told you."

Then Jesus said to them. "Fear not! Go tell my brothers to depart into Galilee, and they will see men there."

He made proclamation. "There is One mightier than I coming after me, and I am not worthy to stoop down and unfasten his sandal strap;

And at that very moment, there in their synagogue, a man in the grip of an unclean spirit shrieked out.

In the morning he rose a great while before day and went out to a desert place, and there prayed.

"Let us go away," he answered, "to the neighboring country towns, that I may preach there, too; because for that purpose I came forth."

and at once such a crowd gathered that there was no longer room for them, even around the door.

But there were some Scribes sitting there who reasoned in their hearts.

Later on Levi was sitting at table in his house, and together with Jesus and his disciples a number of tax-gatherers and sinners were guests, for there were many of them who used to follow him.

Again he went into a synagogue where there was a man with his hand withered.

There was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter,

Afterwards Jesus began to teach by the seaside, and a vast multitude of people gathered about him, so that he went on board a boat on the sea, and sat there, while all the people stayed on shore, at the water's edge.

"What the Sower sows is the Word. There are those 'on the wayside' where the Word is sown.

There are others who are 'sown among thorns.'

There is nothing hidden except what is to be disclosed, and nothing concealed except what is to be revealed.

The wind fell, and there ensued a great calm. Then he said to them. "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?"

Not even with a chain could any man bind him, for he had been bound with fetters and chains again and again, and had snapped the chains, and broken the fetters; and there was no one strong enough to master him.

Now there was on the hillside a great drove of swine feeding.

When they got to Jesus they found the demoniac sitting there clothed and in his right mind??he man who had had the "Legion"??nd they were awestruck.

Now there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,

And he was unable to do any miracle there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick folk and healed them.

"Wherever you enter a house," he told them, "remain there until you leave the place;

Then he said to them, "Come apart, yourselves, to a quiet spot, and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they could not get time even to eat.

However, many saw them going, and recognized them, and ran together by land from all the neighboring towns, and arrived there first.

"Listen to me, all of you, and understand; there is nothing outside a man which by entering in can defile him; but it is what comes from him that defiled him."

From there Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he began to question his disciples saying, "Who do people say I am?"

"In solemn truth I tell you," he said, "there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God, come with power."

Moreover there appeared to them Elijah, with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.

Then there came a cloud overshadowing them; and there came a voice out of the cloud. "This is my Son, my beloved. Listen to him."

"Do not try to stop him," Jesus answered, "for there is no one who performs a miracle in my name who can soon speak evil of me.

"I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that there is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake and the gospel's,

Presently there came up to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, and said, "Teacher, we wish you would do for us whatever we ask you."

Presently they reached Jerusalem, and, after entering the Temple courts, Jesus began to drive out those who were buying and selling there, and to upset the tables of the money-changers, and the stalls of those who sold doves,

Once more they came into Jerusalem; and as he was walking in the Temple courts, there came to him the high priests and Scribes and elders and asked him.

Presently Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "There was once a man," he said, "who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine-press, built a tower, rented it to tenants, and went abroad.

Then came up some Sadducees, men who say there is no resurrection. They too questioned him, saying.

There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, and died leaving no family.

"The second is this, "Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. Other command greater than these there is none."

and that beside him there is none other, and to love him with all one's heart and with all one's understanding and with all one's might, and to love one's neighbor as oneself is far beyond all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

There came also a poor widow who dropped in two little coins, worth a cent.

"You see these mighty buildings? There shall not be left here one stone upon another which shall not be thrown down," he answered.

For nation shall rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines; these are the beginning of birth-pangs.

"At that time if any one tell you, 'See, here is Christ,' or 'See, there he is,' do not believe it;

but, "Not on a feast-day," they said, "for fear there should be a riot among the people."

I tell you in solemn truth that wherever the gospel is preached throughout the whole world, there what she has done shall be told in remembrance of her."