Hezekiah of Manasseh; Manasseh of Amon; Amon of Josiah;

"'And thou, Bethlehem in the land of Judah, by no means the least honorable art thou among princely places in Judah! For from thee shall come a prince--one who shall be the Shepherd of My People Israel.'"

Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

What man is there among you, who if his son shall ask him for bread will offer him a stone?

On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was able to pass that way.

"Such language is impious," said some of the Scribes among themselves.

These twelve Jesus sent on a mission, after giving them their instructions: "Go not," He said, "among the Gentiles, and enter no Samaritan town;

"I solemnly tell you that among all of woman born no greater has ever been raised up than John the Baptist; yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of the Heavens is greater than he.

Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it.

He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

but during the night his enemy comes, and over the first seed he sows darnel among the wheat, and goes away.

So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

And his sisters--are they not all living here among us? Where then did he get all this?"

So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, "There is no prophet left without honour except in his own country and among his own family."

they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we have not brought any bread."

Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you have no bread?

As they were descending the mountain, Jesus laid a command upon them. "Tell no one," He said, "of the sight you have seen till the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."

Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,

and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant;

John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say 'a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

"Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe.

Now we had among us seven brothers. The eldest of them married, but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother.

He who is the greatest among you shall be your servant;

he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him a place among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

But they said, "Not during the Festival, lest there be a riot among the people."

And Peter kept following Him at a distance, till he came even to the court of the High Priest's palace, where he entered and sat down among the officers to see the issue.

After crucifying Him, they divided His garments among them by lot,

among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zabdi.

So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this story was noised about among the Jews, and is current to this day.