She will bear a son, and you will call him 'Jesus,' for he will save his people from their sins."

The maiden will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel (which may be translated, God is with us).

but he did not live with her as a husband till she bore a son, whom he called Jesus.

said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

"Blessed are those who feel poor in spirit! the Realm of heaven is theirs.

Blessed are the pure in heart! they will see God.

give to the man who begs from you, and turn not away from him who wants to borrow.

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

Also, when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street-corners, so as to be seen by men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

When you pray, go into your room and shut the door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

Do not pray by idle rote like pagans, for they suppose they will be heard the more they say;

Let this be how you pray: 'our Father in heaven, thy name be revered,

a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot bear sound fruit.

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he then said to the paralytic, "Get up, lift your pallet, and go home."

The crowds who saw it were awed and glorified God for giving such power to men.

nor do men pour fresh wine into old wineskins, otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine is spilt, the wineskins are ruined. They put fresh wine into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."

so pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to gather his harvest."

And summoning his twelve disciples he gave them power over unclean spirits, power to cast them out and also to heal every disease and every ailment.

Some other seeds fell on good soil and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirtyfold.

after he had dismissed the crowds he went up the hill by himself to pray. When evening came he was there alone,

Jesus answered him, "You are a blessed man, Simon Bar-jona, for it was my Father in heaven, not flesh and blood, that revealed this to you.

So Peter addressed Jesus and said, "Lord, it is a good thing we are here; pray let me put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I still be with you? How long have I to bear with you? Bring him here to me."

I tell you another thing: if two of you agree on earth about anything you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

said, Hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh?

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray over them. The disciples checked the people,

"Which?" he said. Jesus answered, "The commands, you shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness,

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell your property, give the money to the poor and you shall have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

Jesus answered them, "You go wrong because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

Pray that you may not have to fly in winter or on the sabbath,

Then the Sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then all tribes on earth will wail, they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

"the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that."

The poor you always have beside you, but you will not always have me.

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, "Sit here till I go over there and pray."

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Jesus Bar-Abbas;

so, when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, "Who do you want released? Jesus Bar-Abbas or Jesus the so-called 'Christ'?"

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask Bar-Abbas and to have Jesus killed.

The governor said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" "Bar-Abbas," they said.

Then he released Bar-Abbas for them; Jesus he scourged and handed over to be crucified.