'And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a ruler, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child, and when you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and with fire.

But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"

And suddenly a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

And he said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

And he said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."

"Blessed are you when men insult you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from people. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

"And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

"Moreover when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and look, the log is in your own eye?

Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did not we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'

And then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'

And suddenly a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."

and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."

And the centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

And another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."

And as Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

While he told these things to them, suddenly a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

And you will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

But whoever denies me before people, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

And whoever does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

And blessed is he who is not offended by me."

This is the one of whom it is written, 'Look, I send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

"Look, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. And he will proclaim justice to the nations.

"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me, scatters.

Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

But he answered him who spoke to him, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"

And he stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Look, my mother and my brothers.

For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."

Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the beginning of the world."

And she, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist."

Now when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, "This place is desolate, and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."

So he said, "Bring them here to me."

Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."

But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he yelled, saying, "Lord, save me."

But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

'These people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

And just then a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and started shouting, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is severely demonized."

But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."

Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."

Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this Rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan. You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them. And suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."

"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.

Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation. How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me."

But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."

Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Even so it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

But if he does not listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

Again, truly I tell you, that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."

Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"

The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you all.'

"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe.'

"So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you all.'

Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant. I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you do not each forgive your brother from your heart."

But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and do not forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these."

And just then someone came to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? No one is good but one. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

Is not it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."

He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."

saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.

He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."

Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.