Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary His mother, and falling to their knees, they worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

A voice was heard in Ramah,
weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
and she refused to be consoled,
because they were no more.

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

But let your word ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.

“This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Look at the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?

If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t He do much more for you—you of little faith?

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

I assure you: It will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!

So don’t be afraid therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows.

The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

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

But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”

Then off it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that man’s last condition is worse than the first. That’s how it will also be with this evil generation.”

For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

And if he finds it, I assure you: He rejoices over that sheep more than over the 99 that did not go astray.

But if he won’t listen, take one or two more with you, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every fact may be established.

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.

So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each.

The crowd told them to keep quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first group, and they did the same to them.

Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables:

No one was able to answer Him at all, and from that day no one dared to question Him anymore.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.

the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more.

In the same way the man with two earned two more.

The man who had received five talents approached, presented five more talents, and said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. Look, I’ve earned five more talents.’

“Then the man with two talents also approached. He said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. Look, I’ve earned two more talents.’

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

After leaving them, He went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.

Or do you think that I cannot call on My Father, and He will provide Me at once with more than 12 legions of angels?

Then he said, “Why? What has He done wrong?”

But they kept shouting, “Crucify Him!” all the more.