Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way: when his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit.

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

When they had heard the king they went their way; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, until it came to rest over the place where the child was.

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food."

And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent to all that surrounding region and brought to him all who were sick,

When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and went and told their master all that had happened.

This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying:

And they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues,

"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination of desolation,' spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand)

Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place.

and he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."

But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

But all this has taken place, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull),

He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.