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

and said, "Wake up, tenderly take the child and His mother, and make the trip to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

But he answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone can man live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

"You have heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

For if you practice loving only those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even the tax-collectors practice that?

"Also, whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to attract the attention of people. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.

No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.

So I tell you, stop worrying about your life, as to what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, as to what you will have to wear. Is not life worth more than food and the body worth more than clothes?

But which of you by worrying can add a single minute to his life?

But narrow is the gate and hard is the road that leads to life, and few are they that find it.

And just as He was saying these things to them, an official came up and fell on his knees before Him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand upon her and she will come to life."

said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead, but is sleeping." And they began to laugh in His face.

Anybody who gains his lower life will lose the higher life, and anybody who loses his lower life for my sake will gain the higher life.

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.

For whoever wants to save his higher life will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will find the higher life.

For what benefit will it be to a man, if he gains the whole world and loses his higher life? What price would a man pay to buy back his life?

I solemnly say to you, some of the people standing here will certainly live to see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom."

"And if your own hand or your own foot makes you do wrong, cut it off and put it out of your way. It is better for you to get into life maimed or crippled than to have both hands or both feet to be thrown into everlasting torture.

And if your own eye makes you do wrong, pluck it out and put it out of your way. It is better for you to go into life with a single eye than to have both eyes to be thrown into the pit of torture.

And a man came up to Him and asked, "What is there good that I can do to possess eternal life?"

And He answered him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is perfectly good. But if you want to get into that life, you must practice keeping the commandments."

You must practice honoring your father and mother. And you must love your neighbor as you do yourself."

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 everyone who has given up home or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms, for my sake, will receive many times as much, and in addition will be in possession of eternal life.

just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

for after the resurrection men do not marry and women are not married, but continue to live together as the angels do in heaven.

And He answered him, "'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

The second is like it: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.'

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.

and because of the increasing crime wave, most people's love will grow cold.

Then these will go away to everlasting punishment, but the upright to everlasting life."

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf and blessed it; then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take this and eat it; this is my body."

Now John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he used to live on dried locusts and wild honey.

And as He was passing by, He saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting in the tax-collector's office, and He said to him, "Follow me." Then he got up and followed Him.

Levi was at table in his house, and he had many tax-collectors and notorious sinners as guests, along with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many of them, and they began to follow Him.

Then He asked them, "Is it right to do people good on the Sabbath, or to do them evil, to save life or to take it?" But they had nothing to say.

and kept earnestly begging Him, saying, "My dear little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live."

Then they began to laugh in His face. But He drove them all out, and took the little girl's father and mother and the men with Him, and went into the room where the little girl was.

Is He not the carpenter, Mary's son, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And do not His sisters live here among us?" And so they found a cause for stumbling over him.

Now they had forgotten to bring any bread; that is, they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

For whoever wants to save his higher life, will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for me and for the good news, will save the higher life.

For what benefit will it be to a man to gain the whole world and fail to gain the higher life?

For what price can a man give to buy back life?

And He said to them, "I solemnly say to you, some of the people standing here will certainly live to see the kingdom of God come in its power."

If your hand makes you do wrong, cut it off. You might better go into life maimed than keep both your hands and go down to the pit, to the fire that is never put out.

And if your foot makes you do wrong, cut it off. You might better go into life crippled than keep both your feet and be thrown into the pit.

As He was again starting on a journey, a man ran up to Him, and knelt to Him, and was asking Him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to get eternal life?"

who will not receive now in this life a hundred times as much in houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, but along with them persecution, and in the world to come eternal life.

For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

For when people rise from the dead, men do not marry and women are not married, but continue to live together as the angels in heaven do.

and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole mind, and your whole strength.'

And this is the second, 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.' No other command is greater than these."

and to love Him with one's whole heart, one's whole understanding, and one's whole strength, and to love one's neighbor as one loves himself is far more than all the burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

For all of them put in out of their surplus, but she in her want put in all she had, yes, all she had to live on."

While they were eating, He took a loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and gave it to them, saying, "Take this; it is my body."

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannal, the son of Joseph,

the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

Then the devil said to Him, "If you are God's Son, order this stone to turn to a loaf of bread."

But Jesus answered him, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone does man live.'"

After this He went out and saw a tax-collector named Levi in his seat at the tax-collector's desk, and He said to him, "Follow me."

Then Levi gave a great reception for Him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax-collectors and others who were at table with them.

Then Jesus said to them, "Is it right on the Sabbath to do people good, or to do them evil, to save life or to take it?"

Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be completely satisfied! Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you will laugh!

A curse on you who live in luxury now, for you will be hungry. A curse on you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Now if you practice loving only those who love you, what credit do you get for that? Why, even notorious sinners practice loving those who love them.

If not, what did you go out there to see? A man dressed in silks and satins? No. People who dress gorgeously and live luxuriously are found in royal palaces.

Since they could not pay him, he graciously canceled the debts for both of them. Now which one of them will love him more?"

And the portion of them falling among the thorns illustrates those who hear it, but as soon as they pass on they are choked out by the worries and wealth and pleasures of life, and thus yield no mature fruit.

Then they began to laugh in His face, for they knew that she was dead.

by others that Elijah had appeared, and by still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.

They answered, "John the Baptist; though others say Elijah, and still others that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life."

as He said, "The Son of Man has to endure great suffering and be disowned by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes, and be put to death but be raised to life on the third day."

For whoever chooses to save his lower life will lose his higher life, but whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will save his higher life.

I solemnly say to you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the kingdom of God."

Just then an expert in the law got up to test Him by asking, "Teacher, what shall I do to get possession of eternal life?"

Then he answered, "You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole strength, and your whole mind, and your neighbor as you do yourself."

He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Continue to do this, and you will live."

But a curse on you Pharisees, because you pay tithes on mint, rue, and every tiny garden herb, but neglect justice and the love of God! These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have neglected the former.

And then He said to them, "Be ever on the alert and always on your guard against every form of greed, because a man's life does not consist in his possessions, even though they are abundant."

Then He said to His disciples: "Stop worrying, then, about life, as to what you will have to eat, or about your body, as to what you will have to wear.

Your life is worth more than food, and your body more than clothes.

Which of you by worrying can add a single minute to his life?

Or those eighteen people at Siloam on whom the tower fell and whom it crushed to death, do you think that they were offenders worse than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and still more, his own life too, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

because this son of mine was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found!' So they began to celebrate.

But we just had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found.'"

No house-servant can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in dazzling luxury every day.

Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will preserve it.

Then a certain member of the council asked Him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to get possession of eternal life?"

who will not receive in return many times more in this world, and in the next eternal life."

He is not the God of dead but of living people, for all live to Him."

"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes and love to be saluted with honor in public places, to be seated in the front seats in the synagogues, and to occupy the places of honor at banquets --

for all the rest of them made their contributions out of their surplus, but she out of her want dropped in all that she had to live on."

Then He took a loaf, gave thanks, and broke it in pieces, and gave it to them, and said, "This is my body which is to be given for you. Do this as a memorial to me."

And after He had taken His place at table with them, He took the loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them.

Then they themselves began to tell what had occurred on the road, and how He was recognized by them when He broke the loaf in pieces.

It was by Him that life began to exist, and that life was the light of mankind.

so that everyone who trusts in Him may have eternal life.

"For God loved the world so much that He gave His Only Son, so that anyone who trusts in Him may never perish but have eternal life.