Now when Joseph awoke from his sleep he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife home,

But Jesus answered, "Permit it now, for so it is fitting for us to fulfill every religious duty."

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.

Now when Jesus had finished his discourse, the crowds were astounded at his teaching,

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

Now when Jesus had come into the house of the ruler, and had seen the flute-players and the wailing crowd, he said,

"From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by storm.

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

Now when his disciples came up to him, they said,

"But the seed sown in good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and makes now an hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty."

But Jesus called his disciples to him and said: "My heart yearns over the crowd, for they have been with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat. I am not willing to send them away hungry, for fear they faint on the road."

Whereupon Peter said to Jesus. "Look, Master, we have forsaken everything and followed you. Now what shall be our reward?"

Now as they were leaving Jericho a great crowd followed him.

"Again he sent out other slaves. 'Tell the invited guests,' he said, 'that my luncheon is now ready; my oxen and fat cattle are killed; everything is ready; come to the wedding-feast.'

"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;

Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put this question to them.

for then shall be a time of great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never shall be again.

Now because the bridegroom tarried, they all fell to nodding and went on sleeping.

Now it happened that after Jesus had finished all these discourses, he said to his disciples,

Then he came to the disciples and said: "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Look! the hour is at hand; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

Now his betrayer had given them a sign, saying. "Whoever I kiss is the man; arrest him."

Now Peter was following him, afar off, as far as the courtyard of the high priest; and when he got in, he was sitting with the officers, to see the end.

Then the high priest tore his garments, saying. "He has spoken blasphemy! What further need have we of witnesses? For behold, now you have heard his blasphemy!

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one of the maidservants came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus, the Galilean!"

Now Jesus stood before the Governor, and the Governor questioned him. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he asked.

Now it was the Governor's custom, during the Passover, to release to the people any one prisoner whom they selected.

"He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him!

He put his trust in God. let Him deliver him now, if He cares for him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God!'"

Now from noon darkness fell upon the whole land, until three o'clock in the afternoon.

Now therefore give order to have the sepulcher securely guarded until the third day, for fear his disciples may come and steal him away, and then tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead'; and so the last error will be worse than the first."

Now while they were on their way, some of the guard went into the city and told the high priest all that had happened.

"The time is now come," he said, "and the kingdom of God is near! Repent and believe the gospel."

Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of fever, and without delay they told him about her.

Now the disciples of John and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, and people came to ask him, "How is it that the disciples of John and the Pharisees are fasting, but your disciples are not?"

Now a crowd was sitting round him and they told him, "See! your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, wanting to see you."

Now he himself was sleeping on the cushion in the stern, so they woke him up, saying, "Master, do you not care if we perish?"

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

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

Now this Herod had sent and arrested John, and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

Then when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him and said: "This place is desert, and the day is now far spent.

"My heart aches for the crowd, because they have remained with me three days now, and they have nothing to eat;

Now they had forgotten to take bread, and had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.

Now people were bringing little children to Jesus for him to touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

but shall receive a hundred times as much, now in this present world, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands??nd persecutions with them??nd in the world to come eternal life.

Now when they were approaching Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives,

Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple, and after he had looked around at everything, as the hour was now late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

Now every evening he used to go outside the city;

"Have you not read this Scripture?" (he continued) "The very stone which the builders rejected Has now become the corner-stone;

"David himself then calls him Lord; so how can he be his son?" Now the great mass of the people were wont to listen to him with delight;

For those will be days of suffering the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now, and never shall be.

"From the fig tree learn now her parable; as soon as ever her branches are full of sap and bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.

Now two days later was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. Both the chief priests and the Scribes were continually seeking how they might arrest him by a stratagem and kill him;

Now Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went away to the high priests to betray Jesus to them;

Then he came the third time, and said: "Sleep on now, and take your rest! It is over. My hour is come. Look! the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Now the betrayer had given them a sign. "The one I kiss," he said, "is the man. Arrest him, and take him away safely."

Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, there came one of the maid servants of the high priest, and saw Peter warming himself.

Now at the time of the feast it was customary to release to them a prisoner, whatever one they asked for.

Now with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand and one on his left.

The Christ! The King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe." They also who had been crucified with Jesus kept reviling him.

So they went out, and ran from the tomb, for they were trembling and amazed; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid??9 Now after his resurrection, early on the first day of the week he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

Now they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren, and both were far advanced in years.

Now while Zachariah was acting as priest before God in the due course of his class, it fell to his lot, according to the custom of priesthood,

"And now you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day the day when this has taken place; because you did not believe my words??ords which will be fulfilled at their appointed time."

"This has the Lord done for me. He has now deigned to take the away my reproach among men."

Now when the time of Elizabeth's delivery was come, she gave birth to a son;

Now when the angels had left them, and gone away to heaven, the shepherds said to one to another, "Let us go now even to Bethlehem, and see this saying which has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us."

Now there was in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon. He was righteous and devout, and was waiting for the consolation of Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him.

Now it has been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

"Now lettest thou thy slave depart, O Master; according to thy word in peace,

Now his parents were accustomed to go up to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene;

And now truly the axe is already laid at the root of the trees. So every tree which is not bearing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

Now after all the people had been baptized, and Jesus himself had been baptized and was praying,

Now when he rose and left the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon, where Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of a great fever. And they kept entreating him for her.

Now the Scribes and Pharisees kept watching to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to bring on accusations to him.

"Blessed are you who are hungry now, For you shall be filled. "Blessed are you who are wailing now, For you shall laugh.

"Woe unto you who are full now! For you shall suffer hunger. "Woe to you who are laughing now! For you shall wail and weep.

Now when he drew near the gate of the city, behold, they were there carrying out one who was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.

Now there was a woman who was in the city, a sinner and when she knew that that Jesus was reclining at meat in the Pharisees house, she brought an alabaster vase of perfume,

Now it happened that one of these days he got into a boat, And him his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake."

Now there was a great herd of swine feeding on the hillside, and the demons begged him to give them leave to enter them. He gave them leave.

Now Herod, the Tetrarch, heard of all that was happening; and he was perplexed because of its being said by someone that John was risen from the dead;

But now the day began to decline, and the twelve came to him and said: "Send away the crowd so that they may go into the villages and surrounding the country to lodge and buy provisions; for here we are on a solitary place."

Now it happened that while he was praying by himself, the disciples were with him, and he asked them a question. "Who do the crowd think I am?"

Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep; but when they were fully awake they saw his glory, and the two men were standing beside him.

Now there arose a dispute among them as to which one of them was the greatest.

When now when the time drew near for him to be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

"Now a certain priest chanced to be going down that way, but on seeing him he passed on the other side.

"and he from indoors shall answer. 'Do not pester me. The door is now closed, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give to you.'

"Now if God so clothe the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

Now there were some present at that very season who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

"At dinnertime he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.'

Now all the tax-gatherers and sinners continued to draw near him, and to listen to him.

"Now the steward said to himself. 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my stewardship? I am not strong enough to dig, to beg I am ashamed.

Now the Pharisees who loved money listened to all this and they jeered at him.

"Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and made merry every day in splendor.

"'Remember my son.' said Abraham, 'that you had in your lifetime all your good things, and in the same way Lazarus his evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.

Now it happened that as he went his way to Jerusalem, he passed between Samaria and Galilee.

Now one of them, as he saw that he was cured, came back, glorifying God in a loud voice,

"nor will they say, 'Look here it is!' or 'See there!'??or the kingdom of God is now in your midst."