The family tree of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, a descendant of Abraham.

Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus who is called the Christ.

Now the birth of Christ Jesus occurred under these conditions: After His mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, but before they had lived together, she was found to be an expectant mother through the influence of the Holy Spirit.

And she will have a son, and you must name Him Jesus, for it is He who is to save His people from their sins."

but he did not live with her as a husband until she had had a son; and he named Him Jesus.

Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Judea in the days of King Herod, stargazers came from the East to Jerusalem

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

But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for this is the fitting way for both of us to do our full duty to God." Then he yielded to Him.

And as soon as Jesus was baptized, He at once went up out of the water, and look! the heavens opened, and John saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove upon Him,

Then Jesus was guided by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.

Jesus said to him, "Again the Scripture says, 'You must not try the Lord your God.'"

Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For the Scripture says, 'You must worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'"

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He set out for Galilee.

From that time Jesus continued to preach and say, "Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is near."

When Jesus had closed this address, the result was that the crowds were dumbfounded at His teaching,

Then Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and, to testify to the people, make the offering that Moses prescribed."

When Jesus heard it, He was astounded, and said to His followers, "I solemnly say to you, I have not found, in a single case among the Jews, so great faith as this.

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go; it must be done for you as you have believed." And his servant-boy was cured that very hour.

Now Jesus, because He saw a crowd about Him, gave orders to cross to the other side.

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, even wild birds have roosts, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."

And Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

And suddenly all the town turned out to meet Jesus, and as soon as they saw Him, they begged Him to move on and leave their neighborhood.

And all at once some men were bringing to Him a paralyzed man, lying on a couch. And because He saw their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "Cheer up, my child, your sins are forgiven."

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said, "Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?

While He was at table in the house many tax-collectors and notorious sinners came in and took their seats at table with Jesus and His disciples.

Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot mourn, can they, as long as they have the bridegroom with them? But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

And Jesus got up and followed him; and His disciples, too.

And Jesus, on turning and seeing her, said, "Cheer up, my daughter! Your faith has cured you." And from that moment the woman was well.

And Jesus, on coming to the house of the official, and on seeing the flute-players and the wailing crowd,

As Jesus was passing along from there, two blind men followed Him, shouting, "Do pity us, O Son of David!"

After He had gone into the house, and the blind men had gone up to Him, Jesus said to them, "Do you really believe that I can do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord."

And their eyes received strength to see. Then Jesus sternly charged them, "See that nobody knows it."

Jesus kept visiting all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and curing every sort of sickness and ailment.

Jesus sent these twelve out, after giving them the following charge: "Do not go to the heathen, or to any Samaritan town,

When Jesus had closed this charge to His disciples, He left there to teach and preach in their towns.

And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see:

But as they were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the desert to gaze at? A reed that is tossed to and fro by the wind?

At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children.

At that time Jesus walked one sabbath through the wheat fields, and His disciples became hungry, and began to pull the heads of wheat and eat them.

But because Jesus knew it, He left there. And many people followed Him, and He cured them all,

That same day Jesus went out of His house and was sitting on the seashore.

Jesus told the crowds all this in stories, and without a story He told them nothing,

When Jesus had finished these stories, He left there.

And so they found a cause for stumbling over Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never fails to be honored except in his native neighborhood and in his own home." And so

At that time Herod the governor heard the reports about Jesus,

Then John's disciples came and carried off his corpse, and buried him, and went and reported it to Jesus.

When Jesus heard it, He left there in a boat for a quiet place, to be alone. And when the crowds heard of it, they followed Him on foot from the towns.

But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to leave here; give them something to eat yourselves."

Then Jesus at once spoke to them, "Be men of courage! It is I; stop being afraid."

And He said, "Come." And Peter got down out of the boat and walked on the water, and he went toward Jesus.

Jesus at once put out His hand and caught hold of him, and said to him, "O you of little faith! Why did you waver so?"

Then some Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus, and asked Him,

Then Jesus left there and slipped away to the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.

Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, wonderful is your faith! You must have what you want." And her daughter was cured at that very moment.

Then Jesus left there and went to the shore of the sea of Galilee. Then He went up the hill and kept sitting there,

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for it is now three days they have been staying with me, and they have nothing at all left to eat, and I fear they might give out on the way home."

Then Jesus asked them, "How many loaves have you on hand?" They answered, "Seven and a few small fish."

And Jesus said to them, "Look out, and keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees!"

Jesus knew it and said, "Why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Have you so little faith?

When Jesus reached the district of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"

Then Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for it is not man that made this known to you, but my Father in heaven.

It was just after that that Jesus Christ for the first time clearly taught His disciples that He had to go to Jerusalem and submit to many forms of suffering at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, but be raised to life on the third day.

Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put his cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.

Six days after this, Jesus took Peter and James and his brother John, and led them up on a high mountain, by themselves.

And Peter interrupted, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here! If you consent, I will put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

Then Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Get up and do not be so afraid."

They looked up and saw no one but Jesus Himself.

And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus warned them, saying, "Never mention to anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."

And Jesus answered, "O you unbelieving and perverted people of the times! How long can I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

And Jesus reproved the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured that very moment.

After that the disciples came to Jesus and privately asked, "Why is it we could not drive it out?"

While they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be turned over into the hands of men,

He answered, "Yes." When Jesus reached home -- He got there ahead of Simon -- He asked him, "What do you think about it, Simon? From whom do civil rulers collect duties or taxes, from their own citizens or from aliens?"

He answered, "From aliens." Jesus said to him, "So their own citizens are exempt,

Just at that moment the disciples came up and asked Jesus, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

Jesus answered him: "I tell you, not as many as seven, but as many as seventy times seven!

When Jesus had finished this discourse, He left Galilee and went into the district of Judea that is on the other side of the Jordan.

But Jesus said, "Let the little children alone, and stop preventing them from coming to me, for to such as these the kingdom of heaven belongs."

He asked Him, "What sort of commandments?" Jesus answered, "You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not lie,

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell everything you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back here and follow me."

Jesus said to His disciples, "I solemnly say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven.

But Jesus looked at them and said, "This is impossible for men, but anything is possible for God."

Jesus said to them: "I solemnly say to you, in the new order of life, when the Son of Man shall take His seat on His glorious throne, you too, who have followed me, will sit on twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

And as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside, and said to them while on the road,

But Jesus answered, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They answered, "Yes, we can."

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them, and their great men rule as despots over them.

And two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing and cried out, "Do pity us, Lord, you Son of David!"

And Jesus stopped and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

Then Jesus' heart was moved with pity, and He touched their blinded eyes, and at once they could see again, and followed Him.

When they were near Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead,

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their coats upon them, and Jesus took His seat on them.

And the crowds kept saying, "He is the prophet Jesus of Nazareth in Galilee."

And Jesus went into the temple and drove out all the buyers and sellers, and turned the money-changers' tables and the dove-dealers' seats upside down,

and asked Him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" Jesus answered them, "Yes. Did you never read this, 'Out of the mouths of little children, yea, of infants, you have perfect praise'?"

And Jesus answered them, "I solemnly say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt at all, you will not only do the sort of wonder done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

Jesus answered them, "Let me too ask you just one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He also answered them, "Nor am I going to tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They answered, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I solemnly say to you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of heaven ahead of you.

Then Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures: 'That stone which the builders threw away has become the cornerstone; this is the work of the Lord and seems wonderful to us!'