The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

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.”

After hearing the king, they went on their way. And there it was—the star they had seen in the east! It led them until it came and stopped above the place where the child was.

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea

and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.

But John tried to stop Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and yet You come to me?”

And there came a voice from heaven:

This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him!

Then the Devil left Him, and immediately angels came and began to serve Him.

From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”

When He saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain, and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him.

“Don’t assume that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.

“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.

When He came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.

Right away a man with a serious skin disease came up and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

When He entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him,

“I will come and heal him,” He told him.

“Lord,” the centurion replied, “I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

I tell you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick,

So the disciples came and woke Him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to die!”

When He had come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met Him as they came out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

Suddenly they shouted, “What do You have to do with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

“Go!” He told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs. And suddenly the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water.

So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town.

While He was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat with Jesus and His disciples.

Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Then John’s disciples came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

As He was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before Him, saying, “My daughter is near death, but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

When Jesus came to the leader’s house, He saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.

As you go, announce this: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’

Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

For I came to turn

a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

and asked Him, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

if you’re willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who is to come.

For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

If I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the one to come.

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ And returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order.

As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up.

But when the sun came up they were scorched, and since they had no root, they withered.

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

Then the disciples came up and asked Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

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

The landowner’s slaves came to him and said, ‘Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’

It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the vegetables and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

He went to His hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “How did this wisdom and these miracles come to Him?

But when Herod’s birthday celebration came, Herodias’s daughter danced before them and pleased Herod.

Then his disciples came, removed the corpse, buried it, and went and reported to Jesus.

When evening came, the disciples approached Him and said, “This place is a wilderness, and it is already late. Send the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

After dismissing the crowds, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone.

Around three in the morning, He came toward them walking on the sea.

“Lord, if it’s You,” Peter answered Him, “command me to come to You on the water.”

“Come!” He said.

And climbing out of the boat, Peter started walking on the water and came toward Jesus.

Once they crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

Then Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked,

Then the disciples came up and told Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard this statement?”

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly tormented by a demon.”

But she came, knelt before Him, and said, “Lord, help me!”

and large crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, those unable to speak, and many others. They put them at His feet, and He healed them.

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will reward each according to what he has done.

Then Jesus came up, touched them, and said, “Get up; don’t be afraid.”

So the disciples questioned Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

“But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and from that moment the boy was healed.

[However, this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting.]”

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the double-drachma tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your Teacher pay the double-drachma tax?”

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes.

[For the Son of Man has come to save the lost.]

Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how many times could my brother sin against me and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

Just then someone came up and asked Him, “Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?”

“If you want to be perfect,” Jesus said to him, “go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.’

“When those who were hired about five came, they each received one denarius.

So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples,

The blind and the lame came to Him in the temple complex, and He healed them.

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And He said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” At once the fig tree withered.

When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”

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?’

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him. Tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, when you saw it, didn’t even change your minds then and 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!’

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This came from the Lord
and is wonderful in our eyes?

He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.

Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: Look, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.

The same day some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came up to Him and questioned Him: