Therefore, as you go, disciple people in all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

"Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.

Then Jesus approached them and told them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

But first be concerned about God's kingdom and his righteousness, and all of these things will be provided for you as well.

I tell you that you are Peter, and it is on this rock that I will build my congregation, and the powers of hell will not conquer it.

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I didn't come to destroy them, but to fulfill them,

Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

"Not everyone who keeps saying to me, "Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven.

"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

"Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.

"You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.

Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah happened in this way. When his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they lived together she was discovered to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

"If your brother sins against you, go and confront him while the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

Therefore, this is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

After this, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.

"Stop judging, so that you won't be judged,

"Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the road is spacious that leads to destruction, and many people are entering by it.

Because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door opened.

"You are the salt of the world. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty again? It's good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled on by people.

After Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod, wise men arrived in Jerusalem from the east

In the same way, let your light shine before people in such a way that they will see your good actions and glorify your Father in heaven."

"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are savage wolves.

"How blessed are those who are merciful, because it is they who will receive mercy!

"That's why I'm telling you to stop worrying about your life what you will eat or what you will drink or about your body what you will wear. Life is more than food, isn't it, and the body more than clothing?

She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he is the one who will save his people from their sins."

teaching them to obey everything that I've commanded you. And remember, I am with you each and every day until the end of the age."

"How blessed are those who are destitute in spirit, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the hill. After taking his seat, his disciples came to him,

"No one can serve two masters, because either he will hate one and love the other, or be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and riches!"

Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Aram,

"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

Therefore, whatever you want people to do for you, do the same for them, because this summarizes the Law and the Prophets."

because where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."

But he answered, "It is written, "One must not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out of the mouth of God.'"

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."

"See, a virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,"

"Then he will say to those on his left, "Get away from me, you who are accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!

"Similarly, it is like a man going on a trip, who called his servants and turned his money over to them.

Aram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon.

This is a record of the life of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

So be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

After the Sabbaths, around dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to take a look at the burial site.

"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword!

"You have heard that it was said, "You are not to commit adultery.'

The king will answer them, "I tell all of you with certainty, since you did it for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.'

"Therefore, everyone who listens to these messages of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on a rock.

"How blessed are those who make peace, because it is they who will be called God's children!

"And whenever you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

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

Then Peter came up and asked him, "Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I have to forgive him? Seven times?"

At this, he permitted him to be baptized. When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to the disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it. This is my body."

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously.

When Jesus had come to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"

"At that time, the kingdom from heaven will be comparable to ten bridesmaids who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the groom.

Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

The eleven disciples went into Galilee to the hillside to which Jesus had directed them.

I am baptizing you with water as evidence of repentance, but the one who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. It is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

"No one knows when that day or hour will come not the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father,

"You have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, "You are not to commit murder,' and, "Whoever murders will be subject to punishment.'

"You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

"So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader take note),

"Everyone who keeps on hearing these messages of mine and never puts them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

because I tell all of you with certainty that until heaven and earth disappear, not one letter or one stroke of a letter will disappear from the Law until everything has been accomplished.

"How blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because it is they who will be satisfied!

Just then a man came up to Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what good deed should I do to have eternal life?"

"Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people I, too, will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

About three o'clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani?", which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

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

Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.

Because if you forgive people their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

"Then the king will say to those on his right, "Come, you who have been blessed by my Father! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,

These people will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life."

"Immediately after the troubles of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.'

Jesus immediately had the disciples get into a boat and cross to the other side ahead of him, while he sent the crowds away.

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear."

"How blessed are those who are pure in heart, because it is they who will see God!

because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants.

because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Asaph fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah,

He presented another parable to them: "The kingdom from heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

He told them, "Because of your lack of faith. I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.

But I say to you, anyone who stares at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

He answered them, "Haven't you read that the one who made them at the beginning "made them male and female'

But I say to you, anyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be subject to punishment. And whoever says to his brother "Raka!' will be subject to the Council. And whoever says, "You fool!' will be subject to hell fire.

That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

Jesus, however, said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to people like these."

About this time, John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the Judean wilderness,

You will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe."

"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?"

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!"

Furthermore, I tell all of you with certainty that if two of you agree on earth about anything you request, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven,

because at that time there will be great suffering, the kind that hasn't happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won't ever happen again.

Or if he asks for a fish, he wouldn't give him a snake, would he?

Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amos, and Amos fathered Josiah.

Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." He held it out and it became normal, as healthy as his other hand.

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

While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

"Pay attention, now! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves.

because I, too, am a man under authority and I have soldiers under me. I say to one of them "Go' and he goes, to another "Come' and he comes, and to my servant "Do this' and he does it."

because I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.

because this is my blood of the new covenant that is being poured out for many people for the forgiveness of sins.

But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees from the hidden place will reward you.

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "For humans this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all "the tribes of the land will mourn' when they see "the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory.

When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, as was all of Jerusalem.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

"How blessed are those who are humble, because it is they who will inherit the earth!

May your kingdom come. May your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven?"

When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead and

Then he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom from heaven.

The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done.

Then Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and every illness.

Then the people of Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region along the Jordan began flocking to him,

"Follow me," he told them, "and I will make you fishers of people!"

because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

"The kingdom from heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

After he had thought about it, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," he said, "don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,

The young man told him, "I have kept all of these. What do I still lack?"

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. You have received without payment, so give without payment.

"So if you are presenting your gift at the altar and remember there that your brother has something against you,

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.

Jesus answered them, "See to it that no one deceives you,

Going on a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not what I want but what you want."

"How blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!

That day Jesus left the house and sat down beside the sea.

Then he went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.

Then he told his disciples, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few.

I will give you the keys to the kingdom from heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven."

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt," he said. "Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him."

"It was also said, "Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.'

"The kingdom from heaven is like treasure hidden in a field that a man found and hid. In his excitement he went and sold everything he had and bought that field."

From then on, Jesus began to announce, "Repent, because the kingdom from heaven is near!"

Then Jesus began traveling throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness.

Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud,

As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his disciples came up to him to point out to him the Temple buildings.

Again Jesus spoke to them in parables. He said,

"When you are praying, don't say meaningless things like the unbelievers do, because they think they will be heard by being so wordy.

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they met together in the same place.

The second is exactly like it: "You must love your neighbor as yourself.'

"How blessed are you whenever people insult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falsely because of me!

Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

At that time, Jesus walked through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples became hungry and began picking heads of grain to eat.

I tell you, on Judgment Day people will give an account for every thoughtless word they have uttered,

Place my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest for your souls,

"How blessed are those who mourn, because it is they who will be comforted!

"Two sparrows are sold for a penny, aren't they? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's permission.

While Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers Simon (also called Peter) and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, because they were fishermen.

Then Jesus told the crowds and his disciples,

Then Jesus told him, "Go away, Satan! Because it is written, "You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

These were the Twelve whom Jesus sent out after he had given them these instructions: "Don't turn on to the road that leads to the unbelievers, and don't enter Samaritan towns.

When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a centurion came up to him and begged him repeatedly,

Jesus said, "Are you still so ignorant?

You will know them by their fruit. Grapes aren't gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles, are they?

When evening came, people brought to him many who were possessed by demons. He drove out the spirits by speaking a command and healed everyone who was sick.

because just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes.

"His master answered him, "You evil and lazy servant! So you knew that I harvested where I haven't planted and gathered where I haven't scattered any seed?

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's desk and told him, "Follow me." So he got up and followed him.

Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn't we?'

because just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

because just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea creature for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

But I say to you, any man who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

"Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you."

Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob.

When he saw the crowds, he was deeply moved with compassion for them, because they were troubled and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

So never worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over there and pray."

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

All of you must stay awake and pray that you won't be tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, but the body is weak."

They told him, "Caesar's." So he told them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Then a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him!"

"I tell all of you with certainty, whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven.

Now all this happened to fulfill what was declared by the Lord through the prophet when he said,

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."

The Pharisees, however, went out and plotted against Jesus to kill him.

Then Jesus went into the Temple, threw out everyone who was selling and buying in the Temple, and overturned the moneychangers' tables and the chairs of those who sold doves.

"His master told him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you've been trustworthy with a small amount, I'll put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master's joy!'

He asked them, "But who do you say I am?"

But I tell you not to resist an evildoer. On the contrary, whoever slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us.

The Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

So I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, because I tell you, their angels in heaven always have access to my Father in heaven.

"Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

"Repent, because the kingdom from heaven is near!"

"So don't ever worry by saying, "What are we going to eat?' or "What are we going to drink?' or "What are we going to wear?'

You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.

I tell all of you with certainty, this generation won't disappear until these things happen.

Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

You'll hear of wars and rumors of wars. See to it that you aren't alarmed. These things must take place, but the end hasn't come yet,

And never bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'

He presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom from heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

Jesus asked him, "Why ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you want to get into that life, you must keep the commandments."

"So keep on watching, because you don't know on what day your Lord is coming.

From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

"Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

Then Jesus told him, "How blessed you are, Simon son of Jonah, since flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, though my Father in heaven has.

because I tell you, unless your righteousness greatly exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom from heaven!"

So whoever sets aside one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom from heaven. But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom from heaven

So if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your body parts than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned at the bottom of the sea.

"Again, you have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, "You must not swear an oath falsely,' but, "You must fulfill your oaths to the Lord.'

so that you will become children of your Father in heaven, because he makes his sun rise on both evil and good people, and he lets rain fall on the righteous and the unrighteous.

"From the days of John the Baptist until the present, the kingdom from heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people have been attacking it,

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the renewed creation, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, governing the twelve tribes of Israel.

"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.

How narrow is the gate and how constricted is the road that leads to life, and there aren't many people who find it!"

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to talk was brought to him. Jesus healed him so that the man could speak and see.

Later that evening, a rich man arrived from Arimathea. His name was Joseph, and he had become a disciple of Jesus.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom from heaven in people's faces. You don't go in yourselves, and you don't allow those who are trying to enter to go in.

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one fully knows the Son except the Father, and no one fully knows the Father except the Son and the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

"The one who loves his father or mother more than me isn't worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.

Then some little children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "It was he who took our illnesses away and removed our diseases."

Jesus told him, "Put your sword back in its place! Everyone who uses a sword will be killed by a sword.

Give us today our daily bread,

Once more the Devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, along with their splendor.

This is the builder's son, isn't it? His mother is named Mary, isn't she? His brothers are James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas, aren't they?

So if they say to you, "Look! He's in the wilderness,' don't go out looking for him. And if they say, "Look! He's in the storeroom,' don't believe it,

Then the Pharisees went and planned how to trap Jesus in conversation.

Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers.

Herod flew into a rage when he learned that he had been tricked by the wise men, so he ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighboring regions, who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men.

He is not here. He has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

Suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, rocks were split open,

"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, "Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

"The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who isn't gathering with me is scattering.

Their worship of me is empty, because they teach human rules as doctrines.'"

Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

But when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he told them, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead people's bones and every kind of impurity.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees told Jesus, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

While he was having dinner at Matthew's home, many tax collectors and sinners arrived and began eating with Jesus and his disciples.

He'll send out his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they'll gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to another."

Don't you know that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and then is expelled as waste?

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"

After they went into the house and saw the child with his mother Mary, they fell down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasure sacks and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

being baptized by him in the Jordan River while they confessed their sins.

When Jesus heard this, he left that place and went by boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the neighboring towns.

When Jesus came down from the hillside, large crowds followed him.

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!

While Jesus was telling them these things, an official came up and fell down before him. "My daughter has just died," he said. "But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

But if you do not forgive people their offenses, your Father will not forgive your offenses."

"How blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear!

because some men are celibate from birth, while some are celibate because they have been made that way by others. Still others are celibate because they have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom from heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."

And don't call anyone on earth "Father,' because you have only one Father, the one in heaven.

Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed that very hour.

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he went back to Galilee.

He asked her, "What do you want?" She told him, "Promise that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left."

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the territory of Judea on the other side of the Jordan.

When evening had come, the disciples went to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gerasenes, two demon-possessed men met him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could travel on that road.

But Jesus called the disciples and said, "You know that the rulers of the unbelievers lord it over them and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must never separate."

Then Jesus told his disciples, "I tell all of you with certainty, it will be hard for a rich person to get into the kingdom from heaven.

and asked, "Where is the one who was born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

Peter answered him, "Lord, if it's you, order me to come to you on the water."

because the Law and all the Prophets prophesied up to the time of John.

"Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near.

Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power,

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

"Then they'll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you'll be hated by all the nations because of my name.

It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.

because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

"But you are not to be called "Rabbi,' because you have only one teacher, and all of you are brothers.

"These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

But keep on storing up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal,

When Jesus got into the boat, his disciples went with him.

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If one blind person leads another blind person, both will fall into a ditch."

because in the resurrection, people neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven.

But Jesus turned and told Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are an offense to me, because you are not thinking God's thoughts but human thoughts!"

When Jesus became aware of this, he left that place. Many crowds followed him, and he healed all of them,

and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold.

Look at the birds in the sky. They don't plant or harvest or gather food into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. You are more valuable than they are, aren't you?

People don't light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

"Teacher, Moses said, "If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for his brother.'

I tell all of you with certainty, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them."

He called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah was to be born.

which means, "God with us." When Joseph got up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as his wife.

This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

Then he strictly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, "Why couldn't we drive it out?"

But Jesus told them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."

As you enter the house, greet its occupants.

ordering them not to make him known.

He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began serving him.

Don't think you can say to yourselves, "We have father Abraham!' because I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!

Then you should've invested my money with the bankers. When I returned, I would've received my money back with interest.'

If you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

He told Jesus, "I will give you all these things if you will bow down and worship me!"

"Go," Jesus told the centurion, "and it will be done for you, just as you have believed." And his servant was healed that very hour.

Let the person who has ears listen!

Jesus replied, "You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink from the cup that I'm going to drink from?" They told him, "We can."

but since he doesn't have any root in himself, he lasts for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls away.

So the Devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to him.

They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, because that is what was written by the prophet:

Then the master said, "Take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the ten talents,

"Then the righteous will say to him, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you something to eat, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

Because he couldn't pay, his master ordered him, his wife, his children, and everything that he owned to be sold so that payment could be made.

He will not quarrel or shout, and no one will hear him shouting in the streets.

A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit.

As for what was sown on the stony ground, this is the person who hears the word and accepts it joyfully at once,

Twisting some thorns into a victor's crown, they placed it on his head and put a stick in his right hand. They knelt down in front of him and began making fun of him, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

But when the young man heard this statement he went away sad, because he had many possessions.

so that your fasting will not be noticed by others but by your Father who is in the hidden place. And your Father who watches from the hidden place will reward you."

Nor do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill out, and the skins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

Jesus told him, "I tell you, not just seven times, but 77 times!

Jesus asked them, "The wedding guests can't mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."

He left Nazareth and settled in Capernaum by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,

You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that its outside may also be clean.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!"

But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother.

If the household is receptive, let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive, let your blessing of peace return to you.

He told them, "You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father."

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word, understands it, and produces a crop that yields 100, 60, or 30 times what was sown."

And in his name unbelievers will hope."

The master of that servant had compassion and released him, canceling his debt.

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "God be merciful to you, Lord! This must never happen to you!"

"No one patches an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.

He will not snap off a broken reed or snuff out a smoldering wick until he has brought justice through to victory.

These are the things that make a person unclean. But eating with unwashed hands doesn't make a person unclean."

Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.

Then Herod secretly called together the wise men, found out from them the time the star had appeared,

because he was teaching them like a person who had authority, and not like their scribes.

so that your giving may be done in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

and sent them to Bethlehem. He told them, "As you go, search carefully for the child. When you find him, tell me so that I, too, may go and worship him."

"A wedding song we played for you, the dance you all did scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, but then you would not mourn.'

So Jesus got up and followed him, along with his disciples.

because she had been saying to herself, "If I just touch his robe, I will get well."

After listening to the king, they set out, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.

When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.

But John tried to stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?"

Where did John's authority to baptize come from? From heaven or from humans?"

The same thing happened with the second brother, and then the third, and finally with the rest of the brothers.

Jesus answered them, "I, too, will ask you one question. If you answer it for me, I will also tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation was on the rock.

Now those who had eaten were about 5,000 men, besides women and children.

They told him, "We don't have anything here except five loaves of bread and two fish."

"But when that servant went away, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him, seized him by the throat, and said, "Pay what you owe!'

Then they spit on him and took the stick and hit him repeatedly on his head.

He said, "Bring them to me."

The rain fell, the floods came, the winds blew and battered that house, and it collapsed and its collapse was total."

leave your gift there before the altar and first go and be reconciled to your brother. Then come and offer your gift.

So if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom stand?