When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

“A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
And she refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more.”

“The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light,
And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death,
Upon them a Light dawned.”

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

“You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel.

Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea.

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.

When Jesus came into the official’s house, and saw the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder,

But when the crowd had been sent out, He entered and took her by the hand, and the girl got up.

And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.

and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Although Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded John as a prophet.

When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick.

After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand.

Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed at once.

So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

The disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?”

When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.

The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

This is the great and foremost commandment.

For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people.

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”

Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.”

And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone.

And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.

Now while they were on their way, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.