When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and make your escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave. For Herod is going to look for the child in order to make away with him."

But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to return there; and being warned in a dream, he took refuge in the region of Galilee,

When he saw the crowds of people he went up on the mountain. There he seated himself, and when his disciples had come up to him,

leave your gift right there before the altar and go and make up with your brother; then come back and present your gift.

And if you are polite to your brothers and no one else, what is there remarkable in that? Do not the very heathen do that?

How can you say to your brother, 'Just let me get that speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a beam in your own?

"Go in at the narrow gate. For the road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and there are many who go in by it.

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

while the heirs to the kingdom will be driven into the darkness outside, there to weep and grind their teeth!"

Jesus went into Peter's house, and there he found Peter's mother-in-law sick in bed with fever.

And he said to them, "Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!" Then he got up and reproved the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

Now at some distance from them there was a great drove of pigs feeding.

As Jesus was passing along from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Take pity on us, you Son of David!"

So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing covered up that is not going to be uncovered, nor secret that is not going to be known.

When Jesus had finished giving his twelve disciples these instructions, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

Then what did you go out there to see? A man luxuriously dressed? Men who dress in that way you find in the palaces of kings.

Then why did you go out there? Was it to see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet!

But I tell you, there is something greater than the Temple here!

There was a man there with one hand withered. And in order to get a charge to bring against him, they asked him, "Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath?"

Men of Nineveh will rise with this age at the judgment and condemn it, for when Jonah preached they repented, and there is more than Jonah here!

The queen of the south will rise with this age at the judgment and condemn it, for she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and there is more than Solomon here!

Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there, and in the end the man is worse off than he was before. That is the way it will be with this present wicked age."

and some fell on rocky ground where there was not much soil and it sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep,

and throw them into the blazing furnace; there they will wail and grind their teeth.

and throw them into the blazing furnace. There they will wail and grind their teeth.

And he did not do many wonders there, because of their want of faith.

There were about five thousand men who were fed, besides women and children.

After he had dismissed them he went up the hill by himself to pray. And when evening came on he was there alone,

Jesus left that place and went along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the hillside and sat down there.

There were four thousand men who were fed, besides women and children.

It was then that Jesus Christ for the first time explained to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and endure great suffering there at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day.

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. For I tell you, if you have faith the size of a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here over to there!' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

For wherever two or three are gathered as my followers, I am there among them."

Great crowds followed him about and he cured them there.

But he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter that life, keep the commandments."

saying to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and you will at once find an ass tied there, and a colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me.

And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'My son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

"Listen to another figure. There was a land owner who planted a vineyard and fenced it in, and hewed out a wine-vat in it, and built a watch-tower, and leased it to tenants, and left the neighborhood.

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness, there to weep and grind his teeth.'

On the same day some Sadducees came up to him, claiming that there is no resurrection, and they asked him this question:

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first of them married and died, and as he had no children, he left his wife to his brother;

For after the resurrection there is no marrying or being married, but they live as angels do in heaven.

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

While the Pharisees were still gathered there, Jesus asked them,

For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes here and there.

for there will be greater misery then than there has ever been from the beginning of creation until now, or ever will be again.

"If anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it,

So if they say to you, 'There he is, in the desert!' do not go out there; 'Here he is, in a room in here!' do not believe it.

Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will flock.

But in the middle of the night there was a shout 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out and meet him!'

But the sensible ones answered, 'There may not be enough for us and you. You had better go to the dealers and buy yourselves some.'

And put the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness outside, to weep and grind his teeth there.'

But they said, "It must not be during the festival, or there may be a riot."

And he went out into the gateway, and another maid saw him, and said to the men there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene!"

and at this time there was a notorious prisoner named Barabbas.

and sat down there to keep watch of him.

There were two robbers crucified with him at the time, one at his right and one at his left.

Now from noon there was darkness over the whole country until three o'clock.

There were several women there watching from a distance who had followed Jesus from Galilee to wait upon him,

And Mary of Magdala and the other Mary remained there, sitting before the tomb.

And there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the stone back and sat upon it.

Now go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and is going back to Galilee before you. You will see him there.' Now I have given you my message."

Jesus said to them, "You need not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee and they will see me there."

There they saw him and bowed down before him, though some were in doubt about it.

And all Judea and everybody in Jerusalem went out to him there, and accepted baptism from him in the Jordan River, acknowledging their sins.

And this was his message: "After me there is coming one stronger than I am, one whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie.

And he remained in the desert for forty days, and Satan tried to tempt him there; and he was among the wild animals; but the angels waited on him.

Just then there was in their synagogue a man under the control of a foul spirit, and he cried out,

Early in the morning, long before daylight, he got up and left the house and went off to a lonely spot, and prayed there.

There came to him a leper appealing to him on his knees, saying to him, "If you only choose, you can cure me."

and such a crowd gathered that after a while there was no room even around the door, and he was telling them his message.

There were some scribes sitting there pondering and saying to themselves,

He was at table in his house, with many tax-collectors and irreligious people who were at table with him and his disciples, for there were many of them among his followers.

He went again to a synagogue, and there was a man there with one hand withered.

And again the crowd gathered in such numbers that there was no chance for them even to have their meals.

There was a crowd sitting around him when they told him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you."

Some of it fell on rocky ground, and where there was not much soil, and it sprang up at once because the soil was not deep,

So they left the crowd and took him away in the boat in which he was sitting. There were other boats with him.

Then he awoke and reproved the wind, and said to the sea, "Hush! Silence!" And the wind went down and there was a great calm.

for he had often been fastened with fetters and chains and had snapped the chains and broken the fetters; and there was no one strong enough to master him,

He asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "My name is Legion, for there are many of us."

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

They came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, and there he found everything in confusion, and people weeping and wailing.

Leaving there he went, followed by his disciples, to his own part of the country.

He could not do any wonder there, except that he put his hands on a few sick people and cured them.

There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.

There were about four thousand of the people. And he dismissed them.

And suddenly, on looking around, they saw that there was now no one with them but Jesus alone.

"From his childhood, and many a time it has thrown him into the fire or into the water, to put an end to him. But if there is anything you can do, take pity on us and help us!"

Jesus said to him, " 'If there is anything I can do!' Everything is possible for one who has faith!"

But Jesus said, "Do not tell him not to do so, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty act, and be able soon after to abuse me.

And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

Jesus said, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for me and for the good news,

and said to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and as soon as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question.

There were once seven brothers. And the eldest married a wife and died, leaving no child.

For when people rise from the dead, there is no marrying or being married, but they live as angels do in heaven.

The scribe said to him, "Really, Master, you have finely said that he stands alone, and there is none but he,

For nation will rise in arms against nation and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes here and there, there will be famines. This is only the beginning of the sufferings.