And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,

“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’

And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus got up and began to follow him, and so did His disciples.

“Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ palaces!

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is more than a prophet.

and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.

But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,

Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable.

He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”

And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and *said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:

But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.

But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us.”

They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “He said that because we did not bring any bread.”

How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.

They *said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.

But he answered and said to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?

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

The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,

Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”

The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?” And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, ‘I will, sir’; but he did not go.

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The first.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him.

Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.

Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,
‘The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone;
This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

and he *said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless.

No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.

and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

“And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.

“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.

Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?

And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?

When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’

The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’

I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’

Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’

Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’

For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial.

The disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Every day I used to sit in the temple teaching and you did not seize Me.

They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on two came forward,

And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.

And He did not answer him with regard to even a single charge, so the governor was quite amazed.

And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely spread among the Jews, and is to this day.