and Hezekiah of Manasseh, and Manasseh of Amon, and Amon of Josiah,

" 'And you, Bethlehem in Judah's land, You are by no means least important among the leading places of Judah, For from you will come a leader Who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.' "

Then he went all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or sickness among the people.

Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

Jesus went round among all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or illness.

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

"Here I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So you must be wise like serpents, and guileless like doves.

"I tell you, among men born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has ever appeared. And yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of Heaven are greater than he.

And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.

But he said to them, "Who among you if he has even a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

And some of it fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it out.

And what was sown among the thorns means the man who listens to the message, and then the worries of the time and the pleasure of being rich choke the message out, and it yields nothing.

but while people were asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

That is what will happen at the close of the age. The angels will go out and remove the wicked from among the upright,

And do not all his sisters live here among us? Then where did he get all this?"

He called a child to him and had him stand among them,

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

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be your slave,

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw among them a man who did not have on wedding clothes.

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;

But he who is greatest among you must be your servant.

For you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have 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.

And they crucified him and divided up his clothes among them by drawing lots,

among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

So they took the money and did as they were told. And this story has been current among the Jews ever since.