And Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam of Abijah, and Abijah of Asa,

and Asa of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat of Joram, and Joram of Uzziah,

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

But he did not live with her as a husband until she had had a son, and he named the child Jesus.

Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another way.

As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was afterward called Peter, and his brother, Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

For I tell you, as long as heaven and earth endure, not one dotting of an i or crossing of a t will be dropped from the Law until it is all observed.

So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is.

So when you are going to give to charity, do not blow a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and the streets, to make people praise them. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get!

And when you pray, do not repeat empty phrases as the heathen do, for they imagine that their prayers will be heard if they use words enough.

You must not be like them. For God, who is your Father, knows what you need before you ask him.

Your kingdom come! Your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven!

And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors.

Ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you.

So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give what is good to those who ask him for it!

Therefore, you must always treat other people as you would like to have them treat you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you disguised as sheep but are ravenous wolves underneath.

When Jesus heard this he was astonished, and said to his followers, "I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such faith as this.

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go! You shall find it just as you believe!" And the servant was immediately cured.

Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.

Jesus said to them, "Can wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and they will fast then.

Just as he said this to them, an official came up and bowing low before him said to him, "My daughter has just died. But come! Lay your hand on her and she will come to life!"

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

But just as they were going out, some people brought to him a dumb man who was possessed by a demon,

and as soon as the demon was driven out, the dumb man was able to speak. And the crowds were amazed, and said, "Nothing like this was ever seen in Israel!"

And as you go about, preach and say, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'

Cure the sick, raise the dead, heal lepers, drive out demons. Give without payment, just as you received without payment.

And as you go into his house, wish it well.

Whoever welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have the same reward as a prophet, and whoever welcomes an upright man because he is upright will have the same reward as an upright man.

But as they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. "What was it that you went out into the desert to look at? A reed swaying in the wind?

for the yoke I offer you is a kindly one, and the load I ask you to bear is light."

Then he said to the man, "Hold out your hand!" And he held it out, and it was restored and became as well as the other.

You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.

For just as Jonah was in the maw of the whale for three days and nights, the Son of Man will be three days and nights in the heart of the earth.

and as he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and the birds came and ate it up,

For this nation's mind has grown dull, And they hear faintly with their ears, And they have shut their eyes, So as never to see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their minds, and turn back, And let me cure them!'

So just as the weeds are gathered up and burned, this is what will happen at the close of the age;

He said to them, "Then remember that every scribe who has become a disciple of the Kingdom of Heaven must be like a householder who can supply from his storeroom new things as well as old."

And his appearance underwent a change in their presence and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.

As he spoke a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, my Beloved. He is my Chosen. Listen to him!"

And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus cautioned them, saying, "Do not tell anyone of the vision you have seen until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."

but I tell you, Elijah has come already, and they would not recognize him, but treated him just as they pleased. It is in just that way that the Son of Man is going to be treated by them!"

As they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be handed over to men,

Anyone, therefore, who is as unassuming as this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven,

If he refuses to listen to them, tell the congregation. And if he refuses to listen to it, treat him as a heathen or a tax-collector.

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

And as he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the debt.

Ought you not to have taken pity on your fellow-slave, as I did on you?'

But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not try to keep them from coming to me, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as they are."

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."

Honor your father and mother,' and 'You shall love your neighbor as you do yourself.' "

And anyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or land for my sake will receive many times as much, and share eternal life.

Take what belongs to you and go. I wish to give the last man hired as much as I give you.

When Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve off by themselves, and said to them as they were on the way,

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came up to him with her sons, bowing low, to ask a favor of him.

He said to them, "Then what I drink you shall drink, but as for sitting at my right or my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined by my Father."

just as the Son of Man has come not to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to ransom many others."

As they were going out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.

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.

"Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Here is your king coming to you, Gentle, and riding on an ass, And on the foal of a beast of burden.' "

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them;

they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their coats upon them, and Jesus seated himself upon them.

In the morning as he went back to the city, he grew hungry,

When he had entered the Temple, and was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came up to him, and said, "What authority have you for doing as you do, and who gave you this authority?"

Jesus answered, "Let me ask you one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

And they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

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.

But as to the resurrection of the dead, did you never read what was said to you by God,

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

And no one could make him any answer, and from that day no one ventured to ask him any more questions.

So do everything they tell you, and observe it all, but do not do as they do, for they talk but do not act.

They do everything they do to have men see it. They wear wide Scripture texts as charms, and they wear large tassels,

Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you scour land and sea to make one convert, and when he is converted you make him twice as fit for the pit as you are.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him by themselves, and said to him, "Tell us when this is to happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age."

For just as the lightning starts in the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

"Let the fig tree teach you the lesson. As soon as its branches grow soft and put forth leaves, you know that summer is coming.

For just as it was in the time of Noah, it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

For just as in those days before the flood people were eating and drinking, marrying and being married, until the very day Noah entered the ark,

As the bridegroom was slow in coming, they all grew drowsy and fell asleep.

and all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats,

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.'

So the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and prepared the Passover supper.

And as they were eating, he said, "I tell you, one of you will betray me!"

The Son of Man is to go away as the Scriptures say of him, but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born!"

As they were eating Jesus took a loaf and blessed it, and he broke it in pieces and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it. It is my body!"

And he went on a little way, and threw himself on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me. Yet not as I please but as you do!"

And he left them and went away again and prayed a third time, in the same words as before.

Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.

At that same time Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out to arrest me with swords and clubs, as though I were a robber? Day after day I have sat in the Temple preaching, and you never seized me.

And Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest's house, and he went inside and sat down among the attendants to see how it came out.

So after consultation they bought with it the Potter's Field as a burial ground for strangers.

and gave them for the Potter's Field as the Lord directed me."

So when they gathered to ask this, Pilate said to them, "Which one do you want me to release for you, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?"

But the high priests and the elders prevailed on the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death.

As they went out of the city they came upon a Cyrenian named Simon, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.

Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers, and go and make it as secure as you can."

After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.