Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,
Manasseh fathered Amon,
Amon fathered Josiah,

And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the leaders of Judah:
because out of you will come a leader
who will shepherd My people Israel.”

Jesus was going all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

At this, some of the scribes said among themselves, “He’s blaspheming!”

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

“I assure you: Among those born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has appeared, but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

But He said to them, “What man among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?

Others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.

Now the one sown among the thorns—this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.

And they discussed among themselves, “We didn’t bring any bread.”

Aware of this, Jesus said, “You of little faith! Why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread?

Then He called a child to Him and had him stand among them.

For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there among them.”

It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’

“But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance!’

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

The greatest among you will be your servant.

“Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.”

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.