Now Jesus was born in Bethlehem [a small town] in Judea during the time when Herod [the Great] was king [of Judea]. About that time some astrologer/sages from the east [i.e., Persia] came to Jerusalem, saying,

Then Herod, having privately called the wise men, inquired of them with great exactness, at what time the star appeared:

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

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

And a voice from heaven said, "This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight."

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

Word went all through Syria about him, and people brought to him all who were suffering with any kind of disease, or who were in great pain??emoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics??nd he cured them.

And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever murders shall be guilty before the court.’

But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice against him shall be guilty before the court; and whoever speaks [contemptuously and insultingly] to his brother, ‘Raca (You empty-headed idiot)!’ shall be guilty before the supreme court (Sanhedrin); and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fiery hell.

leave your grit right there at the altar, and first go and make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your gift.

Come to terms quickly [at the earliest opportunity] with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way [to court], so that your opponent does not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you are thrown into prison.

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

And the one who wants to go to court with you and take your tunic, {let him have} your outer garment also.

And if you greet only your brothers [wishing them God’s blessing and peace], what more [than others] are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles [who do not know the Lord] do that?

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.

A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

By the time that Jesus had finished speaking, the crowd was filled with amazement at his teaching.

When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

"Sir," he said, "my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, and is suffering great pain."

When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

Now there was, a great way off from them, a herd of many swine feeding;

When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.

Then the disciples of John came up to him and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast a great deal, and your disciples do not fast?"

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult,

But when the crowd was put forth, he entered in, and took her by the hand; and the damsel arose.

and when the daemon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. Then the crowd marvelled; they said, "Such a thing has never been seen in Israel!"

Then saith he to his disciples, The harvest is great and the workmen are few;

And [when you] enter into the house, greet it.

Beware of men [whose nature is to act in opposition to God], for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues;

You must not be afraid; you are worth more than a great many sparrows!

While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

what did ye go to see? a man dress'd in rich apparel? why, they that are so array'd belong to the court:

But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

The queen of the South [Note: This queen was from Sheba, I Kings 10:1, which was probably in Arabia] will stand up on the judgment day along with the people of this generation and will condemn them because she came from a great distance to hear [and see] Solomon's wisdom [I Kings 10:1ff] and [now] Someone greater than Solomon is here [i.e., Jesus].

While He was still addressing the people His mother and His brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring to speak to Him.

Someone [from the crowd] said to Him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you."

And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

Of all this Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; indeed to them he used never to speak at all except in parables,

Then Jesus left the crowd, and went into the house. Presently his disciples came to him, and said: "Explain to us the parable of the tares in the field."

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field: a man finds this treasure and buries it again, then goes in great joy, sells all that he hath, and purchases that field.

Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

About that time Herod the tetrarch [Note: This man was the son of Herod the Great (See 2:

And while desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

And evening coming on, His disciples came to Him, saying, The place is deserted and the time has already gone by. Send the crowd away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.

And He commanded the crowd to recline on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed and broke, and gave the loaves to His disciples. And the disciples gave to the crowd.

And having called to him the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

So the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they praised and glorified the God of Israel.

But Jesus, having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

He directed the crowd to sit down on the ground,

and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.

After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.

Jesus said to them, “Watch out and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

How is it that you do not see that I was not speaking about bread? Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!"

And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

And when they came to the crowd, a man came to him, falling on his knees before him, and saying,

Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

Jesus replied [to the crowd], "You perverse generation of faithless people! How long must I be with you [i.e., before you understand]? How long do I have to be patient with you? Bring the sick boy to me."

But whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.

Then his master called him and said to him, ‘You wicked and contemptible slave, I forgave all that [great] debt of yours because you begged me.

so that his lord in great displeasure delivered him to the jayler till he should pay the whole debt.

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, Truly I say to you that a rich man will with great difficulty enter into the kingdom of Heaven.

On hearing this, the disciples exclaimed in great astonishment: "Who then can possibly be saved?"

But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

No, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to take the first place among you, must be your slave;

And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

But the crowd rebuked them, that they might be silent. But they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.

Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me.

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

while the crowd that were marching before, and behind, cried out, "Hosanna to the son of David: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, Hosanna, Hosanna."

And the crowd said, This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all that were selling and buying in the court of the temple, and threw down the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves:

but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet.

But seeking to lay hands on Him, they feared the crowd, because they held Him for a prophet.

They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality.

All the crowd heard this, and were filled with amazement at His teaching.

Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

And Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind: this is the first and great command.