Now these were the circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married it was found that she was about to become a mother through the influence of the holy Spirit.

Do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

And the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to turn into bread!"

Anyone, therefore, who weakens one of the slightest of these commands, and teaches others to do so, will be ranked lowest in the Kingdom of Heaven; but anyone who observes them and teaches others to do so will be ranked high in the Kingdom of Heaven.

For these are all things the heathen are in pursuit of, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need all this.

But you must make his kingdom, and uprightness before him, your greatest care, and you will have all these other things besides.

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James the son of Zebedee and his brother John,

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

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

And the owner's slaves came to him and said, 'Was not the seed good that you sowed in your field, sir? So where did these weeds come from?'

When Jesus had finished these figures, he left that place,

and went to his own part of the country. And he taught the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were astonished, and said, "Where did he get this wisdom, and the power to do these wonders?

It is these things that pollute a man, but not eating with unwashed hands!"

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them, "I pity these people for they have been staying with me three days now and they have nothing left to eat, and I do not mean to send them away hungry, for they may give out on the way."

But whoever hinders one of these children who believe in me might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be sunk in the open sea.

In just that way, it is the will of my Father in heaven that not a single one of these children be lost.

He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "These: 'You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

The young man said to him, "I have obeyed all these commandments. What do I still lack?"

and said, 'These men who were hired last worked only one hour, and you have put them on the same footing with us who have done the heavy work of the day and have stood the midday heat.'

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine sit one at your right and one at your left, when you are king!"

When the owner of the vineyard comes back, therefore, what will he do to these tenants?"

These two commands sum up the whole of the Law and the Prophets."

"Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you pay tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have let the weightier matters of the Law go??ustice, mercy, and integrity. But you should have observed these, without overlooking the others.

So when you see all these things, you must know that he is just at the door.

I tell you, these things will all happen before the present age passes away.

The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'

Then he will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you failed to do it for one of these people who are humblest, you failed to do it for me.'

with power to drive out the demons. These were the twelve he appointed:

King Herod heard of him, for his name was now well known, and people were saying that John the baptizer had risen from the dead, and that that was why he was endowed with these extraordinary powers.

greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, abusiveness, arrogance, folly??23 all these evils come from inside, and they pollute a man."

"I pity these people, for they have been staying with me three days now, and they have nothing left to eat.

His disciples replied, "Where can anyone get bread enough, here in this solitude, to satisfy these people's hunger?"

And whoever causes one of these humble believers to fall might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the sea.

But he said to him, "Master, I have obeyed all these commandments ever since I was a child."

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's self is far more than all these burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

And he called his disciples to him and said, "I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all these others who have been putting money into the treasury.

Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left here upon another that shall not be torn down."

So when you see these things happening, you must know that he is just at the door.

I tell you, these things will all happen before the present age passes away.

And signs like these will attend those who believe: with my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in foreign tongues;

And all their neighbors were overcome with fear, and all over the hill-country of Judea all these stories were told,

And he went back with them to Nazareth and obeyed them. And his mother treasured all these things up in her mind.

Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

But he said to them, "Give them food yourselves!" And they said, "We have only five loaves and two fish, unless we go ourselves and buy food for all these people."

"You must store up these teachings in your minds, for the Son of Man is going to be handed over to men."

Which of these three do you think proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"

But alas for you Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint, rue, and every tiny herb, and disregard justice and the love of God. But you should have observed these, without neglecting the others.

For these are all things the nations of the world are in pursuit of, and your Father knows well that you need them.

But you must strive to find his kingdom, and you will have these other things besides.

And he answered, "Do you think, because this happened to them, that these Galileans were worse sinners than any other Galileans?

And he said to his father, 'Here I have served you all these years, and have never disobeyed an order of yours, and you have never given me a kid, so that I could entertain my friends.

He might better have a millstone hung around his neck, and be thrown into the sea, than be a hindrance to one of these humble people.

And he said, "I have obeyed all these commandments ever since I was a child."

With these words he went on ahead of them, on his way to Jerusalem.

But when you hear of wars and outbreaks, do not be alarmed. These have to come first, but the end does not follow immediately."

So when you see these things happen, you must know that the Kingdom of God is at hand.

Then Jesus gave a loud cry, and said, "Father, I intrust my spirit to your hands!" With these words he expired.

and they were talking together about all these things that had happened.

While they were still talking of these things, he himself stood among them.

Jesus said to them, "Fill these jars with water."

And he said to the pigeon-dealers, "Take these things away! Do not turn my Father's house into a market!"

In these there used to lie a great number of people who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed.

For the Father loves the Son and lets him see everything that he himself is doing, and he will let him see greater deeds than these, to make you wonder.

You pore over the Scriptures, for you think that you will find eternal life in them, and these very Scriptures testify to me,

So Jesus, raising his eyes and seeing that a great crowd was coming up to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy food for these people to eat?"

For no one acts in secret when he desires to be publicly known. If you are going to do these things, let the world see you."

The Pharisees heard the people saying these things about him in whispers, and the high priests and the Pharisees sent attendants to arrest him.

So some of the people, when they heard these words, said, "This is certainly the Prophet!"

But these common people who do not know the Law are doomed!"

He said these things in the treasury, as he was teaching in the Temple, and no one arrested him, because he was not yet ready.

No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it of my own accord. I have power to give it, and I have power to take it back again. These are the orders I have received from my Father."

These words caused a fresh division of opinion among the Jews.

Others said, "These are not the words of a man who is possessed. Can a madman make blind men see?"

With these words she went and called her sister Mary, whispering to her, "Here is the Master, asking for you."

While you have the light believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." With these words Jesus went away, and disappeared from them.

Do you not believe that I am in union with the Father and the Father is in union with me? I am not the source of the words that I say to you, but the Father who is united with me is doing these things himself.

But I have told you about these things in order that when the time comes for them to happen, you may remember that I told you of them. I did not tell you this at first because I was still staying with you.

Righteous Father, though the world did not know you, I knew you, and these men knew that you had sent me.

Jesus answered, "I have told you that I am he, so if you are looking for me, let these men go."

Pilate said to him, "What is truth!" With these words he went outside again to the Jews, and said to them, "I can find nothing to charge him with.

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and through believing you may have life as his followers.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than these others are?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs!"

It is this disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down, and we know that his testimony is true.

And they prayed, saying, "Lord, you who know all hearts, show us which one of these two you have chosen

They were perfectly amazed and said in their astonishment, "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?

These men are not drunk as you suppose, for it is only nine in the morning.

Why, all the prophets from Samuel down, who have spoken, have also foretold these days.

They said, "What are we to do with these men? For it is plain to everyone in Jerusalem that an extraordinary wonder has been done by them. We cannot deny that.

When Ananias heard these words he fell down and expired, and everyone who heard them spoken was appalled.

We and the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him are witnesses to these things."

and then said, "Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men.

So in the present case, I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this idea or movement is of human origin, it will come to naught,

They brought these men before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them.

Then falling on his knees, he cried out, "Lord, do not lay this sin up against them!" With these words he fell asleep.

Before Peter had finished saying these words, the holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to his message.

"Can anyone refuse the use of water to baptize these people when they have received the holy Spirit just as we did?"

and the Spirit told me not to hesitate to go with them. These six brothers here also went with me, and we went to the man's house.

For these are the orders the Lord has given us: " 'I have made you a light for the heathen, To be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth!' "

and shouting, "Friends, why are you doing this? We are only human beings like you, and we bring you the good news that you should turn from these follies to a living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and all that they contain.