Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,

Now John wore clothing made from camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread."

Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.

When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him.

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!"

After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help:

Then an expert in the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

So they came and woke him up saying, "Lord, save us! We are about to die!"

When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

And he said, "Go!" So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.

As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew's house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live."

But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord."

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon -- and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

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

And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

So the slaves of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, "Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

Then John's disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, "This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

As the night was ending, Jesus came to them walking on the sea.

So he said, "Come." Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?"

A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!"

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, "Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us."

But she came and bowed down before him and said, "Lord, help me!"

Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"

But Jesus came and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Do not be afraid."

When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,

Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment.

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"

After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, "Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn't he?"

He said, "Yes." When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes -- from their sons or from foreigners?"

At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?"

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?"

Now someone came up to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?"

Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God."

When those hired about five o'clock came, each received a full day's pay.

And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.

Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

The same day Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to him and asked him,

Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!

Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

Later, the other virgins came too, saying, 'Lord, lord! Let us in!'

After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them.

The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, 'Sir, you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.'

The one with the two talents also came and said, 'Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.'

Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, 'Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed,

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "So, couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour?

He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open.

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you are here to do." Then they came and took hold of Jesus and arrested him.

But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."

After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, "You really are one of them too -- even your accent gives you away!"

They came to a place called Golgotha (which means "Place of the Skull")

Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.

(They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)

Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

But Jesus met them, saying, "Greetings!" They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.

telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.'

Then Jesus came up and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

John wore a garment made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.

And a voice came from heaven: "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight."

Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.