Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah happened in this way. When his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they lived together she was discovered to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

He was the one the prophet Isaiah was referring to when he said, "He is a voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

But Jesus answered him, "Let it be this way for now, because this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness."

In the same way, let your light shine before people in such a way that they will see your good actions and glorify your Father in heaven."

Come to terms quickly with your opponent while you are on the way to court, or your opponent may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.

Now if that is the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, won't he clothe you much better you who have little faith?

because the way that you judge others will be the way that you will be judged, and you will be evaluated by the standard with which you evaluate others.

In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad fruit.

This is the man about whom it is written, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

He went to his hometown and began teaching the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were amazed and asked, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miracles?

On their way down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, "Don't tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead."

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, yet people did not recognize him and treated him just as they pleased. In the same way, the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands."

In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost."

He told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way.

because some men are celibate from birth, while some are celibate because they have been made that way by others. Still others are celibate because they have made themselves that way for the sake of the kingdom from heaven. Let anyone accept this who can."

"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way.

They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. They said, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere and that you teach the way of God truthfully. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance.

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

In the same way, when you see all these things, you'll know that the Son of Man is near, right at the door.

In the same way, the one who had two talents earned two more.

In the same way the high priests, along with the scribes and elders, were also making fun of him. They kept saying,

In a similar way, the bandits who were being crucified with him kept insulting him.

While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and told the high priests everything that had happened.