After Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod, wise men arrived in Jerusalem from the east

When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, as was all of Jerusalem.

Then Herod secretly called together the wise men, found out from them the time the star had appeared,

Having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they left for their own country by a different road.

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

He stayed there until Herod's death in order to fulfill what was declared by the Lord through the prophet when he said, "Out of Egypt I called my Son."

Herod flew into a rage when he learned that he had been tricked by the wise men, so he ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighboring regions, who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men.

"A voice was heard in Ramah: wailing and great mourning. Rachel was crying for her children. She refused to be comforted, because they no longer existed."

But after Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, after having been warned in a dream. So he left for the region of Galilee

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he went back to Galilee.

"How blessed are those who are pure in heart, because it is they who will see God!

"You have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, "You are not to commit murder,' and, "Whoever murders will be subject to punishment.'

"You have heard that it was said, "You are not to commit adultery.'

But I say to you, anyone who stares at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

"Again, you have heard that it was told those who lived long ago, "You must not swear an oath falsely,' but, "You must fulfill your oaths to the Lord.'

"You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

"You have heard that it was said, "You must love your neighbor' and hate your enemy.

"When you are praying, don't say meaningless things like the unbelievers do, because they think they will be heard by being so wordy.

because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and told those who were following him, "I tell all of you with certainty, not even in Israel have I found this kind of faith!

Now a large herd of pigs was grazing some distance away from them.

So the demons began to plead with Jesus, saying, "If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs."

He told them, "Go," and they came out and went into the pigs. Suddenly, the whole herd rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.

When Jesus heard that, he said, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.

Now when John heard in prison about the activities of the Messiah, he sent a message by his disciples

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man drives out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."

You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.

because just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea creature for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

for this people's heart has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing. They have shut their eyes so that they might not see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom yet doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

At that time Herod the tetrarch, hearing about the fame of Jesus,

Herod had arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

Although Herod wanted to kill him, he was afraid of the crowd, since they regarded John as a prophet.

But when Herod's birthday celebration was held, the daughter of Herodias danced before the guests. She pleased Herod

When Jesus heard this, he left that place and went by boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the neighboring towns.

Then the disciples came and asked him, "Do you realize that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?"

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.

It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.

When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.

He told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way.

But when the young man heard this statement he went away sad, because he had many possessions.

Then Jesus told his disciples, "I tell all of you with certainty, it will be hard for a rich person to get into the kingdom from heaven.

When the disciples heard this, they were completely astonished. "Who, then, can be saved?" they asked.

When the ten heard this, they became furious with the two brothers.

When two blind men who were sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was talking about them.

When they heard this, they were amazed. Then they left him and went away.

When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they met together in the same place.

Jesus told him, ""You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

"Then the one who had received one talent came forward and said, "Master, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you haven't planted and gathering where you haven't scattered any seed.

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Listen! You yourselves have just heard the blasphemy!

When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling for Elijah."