"Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel," which means "God with us."

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him."

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

Go and learn what this saying means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

"To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised." And they became greatly distressed.

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.'

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

He said to them, "How then does David by the Spirit call him 'Lord,' saying,

and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.'

And call no one your 'father' on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

"Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?

and offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. But after tasting it, he would not drink it.