But just as this thought occurred to him, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for it is through the influence of the Holy Spirit that she has become an expectant mother.

Now all this occurred to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Wake up! Tenderly take the child and His mother, and escape to Egypt; stay there until I further direct you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him."

he stayed there until Herod's death, so as to fulfill what the Lord had said by the prophet, "Out of Egypt I called my Son."

and said, "Wake up, tenderly take the child and His mother, and make the trip to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

This is he who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah, when he said: "Here is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; Make the paths straight for him.'"

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

and a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom I am delighted!"

And the tempter came up and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, order these stones to turn to bread."

and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down, for the Scripture says: "'He will give His angels directions about you, And they will bear you up on their hands, so you will never strike your foot against a stone.'"

Jesus said to him, "Again the Scripture says, 'You must not try the Lord your God.'"

and said to Him, "Every bit of this I will give to you, if you will fall on your knees and worship me."

Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For the Scripture says, 'You must worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'"

He said to them, "Come! Follow me, and I will make you fishermen for catching men."

"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.'

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

"It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

"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.'

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

And a leper came up to Him, and prostrated himself before Him, and said, "Lord, if you choose to, you can cure me."

Then He put out His hand and touched him, and said, "I do choose to; be cured." And at once his leprosy was cured.

Then Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and, to testify to the people, make the offering that Moses prescribed."

He said to him, "I will come and cure him."

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 a scribe came up and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you may go."

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

Another of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, let me first go back and bury my father."

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

So they went to Him and woke Him up, and said, "Lord, save us; we are going down!"

And He said to them, "Why are you afraid, O you with little faith?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

And the men were dumbfounded, and said, "What sort of man is this, for even the winds and the sea obey Him!"

And He said to them, "Be gone!" And they went out of the men and got into the hogs, and suddenly the whole drove, in a stampede, rushed over the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.

And all at once some men were bringing to Him a paralyzed man, lying on a couch. And because He saw their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "Cheer up, my child, your sins are forgiven."

Then some of the scribes said to themselves, "He is a blasphemer."

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

But to show you that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth" -- turning to the paralyzed man, He said to Him -- "Get up, pick up your bed, and go home."

And as He was passing along from there, He saw a man named Matthew in his seat at the tax-collector's desk, and He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed Him.

And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax-collectors and notorious sinners?"

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

Then John's disciples went up to Him, and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees practice fasting, but your disciples do not?"

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.

And just as He was saying these things to them, an official came up and fell on his knees before Him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand upon her and she will come to life."

And Jesus, on turning and seeing her, said, "Cheer up, my daughter! Your faith has cured you." And from that moment the woman was well.

said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead, but is sleeping." And they began to laugh in His face.

After He had gone into the house, and the blind men had gone up to Him, Jesus said to them, "Do you really believe that I can do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord."

Then He touched their eyes, and said, "In accordance with your faith it must be done for you."

Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the reapers are scarce.

For John came neither eating nor drinking with others, and yet they said, 'He has a demon.'

At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children.

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, "Just look! Your disciples are doing something that it is against the law to do on the sabbath!"

But He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he and his soldiers became hungry?

But He said to them, "What man is there among you, if he has only one sheep and it falls into a ditch on the sabbath, will not lay hold on it and lift it out?

Then He said to the man, "Hold out your hand." And he held it out, and it was cured so that it became like the other.

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man is not driving out demons except by the help of Beelzebub, the prince of the demons."

But because He knew their thoughts, He said to them, "Any kingdom that is not united is in the process of destruction, and any city or family that is not united cannot last.

And with a gesture toward His disciples He said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.

And the farmer's slaves came up to him and said, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where did the wild wheat plants come from?'

He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' Then they said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them?'

And he said, 'No, never, for while you are gathering the wild wheat plants you might root up the good ones with them.

Then He left the crowds and went into His house. And His disciples came up to Him and said, "Explain to us the story of the wild wheat in the field."

He said to them, "Every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who can bring out of his storeroom new furnishings as well as old."

He went to His own home town, and kept teaching in their synagogue in such a way that they were dumbfounded, and said, "Where did He get this wisdom and this power to do such wonder-works?

And so they found a cause for stumbling over Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never fails to be honored except in his native neighborhood and in his own home." And so

and said to his attendants, "This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why the powers are at work through him."

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

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

But when it was evening, His disciples came to Him and said, "This is a destitute place, and the day is over; send the crowds off to the villages to buy themselves food."

But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to leave here; give them something to eat yourselves."

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

He said, "Bring them here to me."

And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, "It is a ghost!" And they screamed with fright.

And He said, "Come." And Peter got down out of the boat and walked on the water, and he went toward Jesus.

Jesus at once put out His hand and caught hold of him, and said to him, "O you of little faith! Why did you waver so?"

And the men in the boat worshiped Him, and said, "You are certainly God's Son."

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death.'

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.

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied beautifully about you, when he said:

And He called the people to Him and said, "Listen to this and learn it!

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?"

Then Peter said to Him, "Explain the maxim for us."

And He said, "Are you too, even yet, without understanding?

She said, "Yes, Lord, and yet the house dogs usually eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

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."

The disciples said to Him, "Where in this destitute place can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?"

And Jesus said to them, "Look out, and keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees!"

Then they began to discuss it among themselves, and said, "It is because we did not take any bread."

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

How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread, when I said, keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?"

He said to them, "Who do you yourselves say that I am?"

And Peter took Him aside and began to chide Him, as he said, "Heaven shield you, my Lord! This must never be your lot!"

But He turned and said to Peter, "Get out of my way, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me, for this view of yours is not from God but from men."

Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put his cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.

And Peter interrupted, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here! If you consent, I will put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud cast its shadow over them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom I am delighted. Keep on listening to Him!"

Then Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Get up and do not be so afraid."

While they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be turned over into the hands of men,

He answered, "From aliens." Jesus said to him, "So their own citizens are exempt,

and said: "I solemnly say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you can never get into the kingdom of heaven at all.