And she will have a son, and you must name Him Jesus, for it is He who is to save His people from their sins."

"The virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and they will call Him Immanuel" -- which means "God with us."

and asked, "Where is He that is born King of the Jews? We saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him."

and do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather? For I tell you, God can raise up descendants for Abraham even out of these stones.

But John tried to prevent Him, by saying, "I have need to be baptized by you, and you come to me!"

The people that were living in darkness have seen a great light, and on those that were living in the land of the shadow of death; a light has dawned."

"Blessed are those who show mercy, for they will have mercy shown them.

"Do not suppose that I have come to set aside the law or the prophets.

I have not come to set them aside but to fill them up to the brim. For I solemnly say to you, heaven and earth would sooner pass away than the dotting of an 'i' or the crossing of a 't' from the law, until it all becomes in force.

"You have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You must not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

But I say to you: "Everyone who harbors malice against his brother, will have to answer to the court, and whoever speaks contemptuously to his brother, will have to answer to the supreme court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You cursed fool? will have to pay the penalty in the pit of torture.

I solemnly say to you, you will never get out at all until you have paid the last penny.

"You have heard it was said, 'You must not commit adultery.'

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman so as to have an evil desire for her at once has already committed adultery with her in his heart,

So if your right eye causes you to do wrong, pluck it out of your way; for it is better to have one part of your body suffer loss than to have your whole body go down to the pit.

And if your right hand causes you to do wrong, cut it off and put it out of your way, for it is better to have one part of your body suffer loss than to have your whole body go down to the pit.

"Again, you have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You must not swear falsely, but you must perform your oaths as a religious duty.'

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

and if anyone wants to sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat, too.

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

So whenever you do your deeds of charity, never blow your own horn in public, as the hypocrites are in the habit of doing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to be praised by the people. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.

"Also, whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to attract the attention of people. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.

And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors.

"Also whenever you fast, you must not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a gloomy countenance, to let people see them fasting. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.

So I tell you, stop worrying about your life, as to what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, as to what you will have to wear. Is not life worth more than food and the body worth more than clothes?

So never worry and say, 'What are we going to have to eat? What are we going to have to drink? What are we going to have to wear?'

So never worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries of its own. Each day has evil enough of its own."

For I, too, am under authority of others, and have soldiers under me, and I order this one to go, and he goes, another to come, and he comes, my slave-boy to do this, and he does it."

When Jesus heard it, He was astounded, and said to His followers, "I solemnly say to you, I have not found, in a single case among the Jews, so great faith as this.

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go; it must be done for you as you have believed." And his servant-boy was cured that very hour.

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, even wild birds have roosts, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."

And they suddenly screamed, "What do you want of us, you Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torture us?"

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said, "Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?

And when He heard it, He said, "It is not well, but sick people that have to send for a doctor.

Go, learn what this means, 'It is mercy and not sacrifice that I want.' It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."

Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot mourn, can they, as long as they have the bridegroom with them? But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

One brother will turn another over to death, and a father his child, and children will take a stand against their parents, and will have them put to death.

The pupil should be satisfied to become like his teacher, and the slave should be satisfied to become like his master. If men have called the Head of the house Beelzebub, how much worse names will they heap upon the members of His family!

Even the very hairs on your head have all been counted by God.

"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

"A curse on you, Chorazin! A curse on you, Bethsaida! For if the wonder-works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, long ago they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, are you to be exalted to heaven? No, you belong to the regions of the dead! For if the wonder-works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued until today.

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father, and no one but the Father perfectly knows the Son, and no one but the Son perfectly knows the Father, and the one to whom the Son chooses to make Him known.

If you only knew what that saying means, 'It is mercy and not sacrifice that I want,' you would not have condemned men who are not guilty.

"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved, in whom my soul delights itself. I will endow Him with my Spirit, and He will announce a judgment to the heathen.

So I tell you, for every worthless word that men utter they will have to give account on the day of judgment;

and some fell upon rocky ground where they did not have much soil, and at once they sprang up, because there was no depth of soil,

For to anyone who has, more will be given, and his supply will overflow, but from anyone who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

For this people's soul has grown dull, and with their ears they can scarcely hear, and they have shut tight their eyes, so that they will never see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn to me, so that I may cure them!'

for John had said to him, "It is not right for you to have her as wife."

Although he wanted to have him killed, he was afraid of the people, for they regarded him as a prophet.

They said to Him, "We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish."

But He answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you?

But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Everything I have that might be used for helping you, is devoted to God,"

is under no obligation at all to help his parent.' So you have set aside what God has said for the sake of what has been handed down to you.

Then His disciples came up to Him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were knocked breathless to hear what you have just said?"

But He answered, "I have been sent only to the lost sheep of Israel's house."

Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, wonderful is your faith! You must have what you want." And her daughter was cured at that very moment.

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for it is now three days they have been staying with me, and they have nothing at all left to eat, and I fear they might give out on the way home."

Then Jesus asked them, "How many loaves have you on hand?" They answered, "Seven and a few small fish."

Jesus knew it and said, "Why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Have you so little faith?

For whoever wants to save his higher life will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will find the higher life.

And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus warned them, saying, "Never mention to anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."

He answered them, "Because you have so little faith! For I solemnly say to you, if you have the faith that is living like a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move over from here to yonder,' and it will move over, and nothing will be impossible for you to do."

But whoever leads one of these little ones, who believe in me, to do wrong, had better have a great millstone hung around his neck to sink him to the bottom of the sea.

"And if your own hand or your own foot makes you do wrong, cut it off and put it out of your way. It is better for you to get into life maimed or crippled than to have both hands or both feet to be thrown into everlasting torture.

And if your own eye makes you do wrong, pluck it out and put it out of your way. It is better for you to go into life with a single eye than to have both eyes to be thrown into the pit of torture.

"Be careful not to look with scorn on a single one of these little children, for I tell you that in heaven their angels have uninterrupted access to my Father in heaven.

"Again, if your brother wrongs you, go and while alone with him show him the wrong. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

But if he does not listen to you, take along with you one or two others, so as to have every word confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, report it to the church.

For wherever two or three have met as my disciples, I am right there with them."

Then Peter came up to Him and asked, "Lord, how many times may my brother wrong me and I have to forgive him? As many as seven?"

Ought you not to have shown mercy to your fellow-slave, as I too had done for you?'

And He answered, "Have you not read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female,

For some are born incapable of marriage, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it who can."

The young man said, "I have kept all these commandments; what more do I lack?"

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell everything you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back here and follow me."

Then Peter answered Him, "We have left everything we had and followed you. What then are we to get?"

Jesus said to them: "I solemnly say to you, in the new order of life, when the Son of Man shall take His seat on His glorious throne, you too, who have followed me, will sit on twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

About five he went out again and found still others standing around, and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'

and say, 'These last worked only one hour, and yet you have put them on the same footing with us who have borne the heavy burdens and scorching heat of the day.'

Have I not the right to do what I please with my own money? Or, is your eye causing you to be covetous, because I am generous?

He said to them, "You will drink the cup that I am to drink, but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father."

and said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house must be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers."

and asked Him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" Jesus answered them, "Yes. Did you never read this, 'Out of the mouths of little children, yea, of infants, you have perfect praise'?"

And Jesus answered them, "I solemnly say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt at all, you will not only do the sort of wonder done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

And when He had come into the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to Him while He was teaching, and asked, "What sort of authority have you for doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Jesus answered them, "Let me too ask you just one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He also answered them, "Nor am I going to tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

but although they were trying to have Him arrested, they were afraid of the people, for they considered Him a prophet.

A second time he sent other slaves, and said to them, 'Tell the invited guests that I have my reception all ready, my bullocks and fatlings are butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding reception!'

After that he said to his slaves, 'My wedding reception is ready, but those invited have proved unworthy.

But when the king came in to take a look at the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding suit.

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness on the outside, where he will have to weep and grind his teeth.'

"The scribes and Pharisees have taken Moses' seat as teachers.

to be greeted with honor in public places, and to have men call them 'Teacher.'

But as for you, you must not seek for others to call you 'Teacher,' for you have but one who is 'Teacher,' and you are all brothers.

And you must not be called 'leaders,' for you have only one Leader, and that is Christ.

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.