and Jesse the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah),

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

saying, "Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."

When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.

After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

Although it grieved the king, because of his oath and the dinner guests he commanded it to be given.

"For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

"Tell the people of Zion, 'Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"

"The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

And the king will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.'

Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!