So when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord directed him, and took her as his wife;

Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Judea in the days of King Herod, stargazers came from the East to Jerusalem

and asked, "Where is He that is born King of the Jews? We saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him."

Now when King Herod heard of it, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

So he sent them to Bethlehem with this order, "Go and carefully search for the child, and when you find Him, bring back word to me, and I too may come and do Him homage."

When they saw the star, they were thrilled with ecstatic joy,

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?

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He set out for Galilee.

When He saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain. After He had taken His seat, His disciples came up to Him.

"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and keep on falsely telling all sorts of evil against you for my sake.

What human father among you, when his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

When Jesus had closed this address, the result was that the crowds were dumbfounded at His teaching,

When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed Him.

When He got back to Capernaum, a Roman military captain came up to Him and kept begging 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.

When He went into Peter's house, He saw his mother-in-law lying in bed sick with fever.

When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and at a mere word He drove the spirits out, and cured all who were sick,

When He reached the other side, in the district of Gadara, there faced Him two men, who were under the power of demons, who were just coming out from the tombs. They were such terrors that nobody could pass that way.

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.

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.

But when the crowd had been driven out, He went in and took hold of her hand, and the girl got up.

When He saw the crowds, His heart was moved with pity for them, because they were tired and scattered like sheep without a shepherd.

But when they turn you over to the courts, you must not worry at all about how or what you ought to speak, for it will be given you at that hour what you ought to speak.

When Jesus had closed this charge to His disciples, He left there to teach and preach in their towns.

Now when John in prison heard of the doings of the Christ, he sent this message by his disciples:

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 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."

and when the sun was up they were scorched and dried up, because they had no root.

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and carries off the seed that was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

And when the wheat plants grew up and yielded their ripened grain, the wild wheat plants appeared too.

It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the largest of plants; yea, it grows into a tree, so that the wild birds come and roost in its branches."

which, when it was full, the fishermen drew up on the shore, and sat down and picked out the good fish for their baskets and threw the bad away.

When Jesus had finished these stories, He left there.

But when Herod's birthday came, Herodias' daughter danced before the guests. Herod was fascinated by her,

When Jesus heard it, He left there in a boat for a quiet place, to be alone. And when the crowds heard of it, they followed Him on foot from the towns.

So when He got out of the boat and saw a great crowd, His heart was moved with pity for them, and He cured their sick people.

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."

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

But when he felt the wind, he was frightened, and as he began to go down, he cried out, "Lord, save me!"

And when they got into the boat, the wind lulled,

"Why do your disciples break the rules handed down by our forefathers? For they do not practice washing their hands when they take their meals."

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

When the disciples crossed the sea, they forgot to take any bread.

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?"

When Jesus reached the district of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"

When the disciples heard it, they fell upon their faces, for they were terribly frightened.

When they reached the crowd, a man came up to Him, kneeling before Him and saying,

When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and asked, "Does your Teacher pay the temple tax?"

He answered, "Yes." When Jesus reached home -- He got there ahead of Simon -- He asked him, "What do you think about it, Simon? From whom do civil rulers collect duties or taxes, from their own citizens or from aliens?"

And when he began, a man was brought to him who owed him ten million dollars.

"When his fellow-slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly troubled, and went and reported all that happened to their master.

When Jesus had finished this discourse, He left Galilee and went into the district of Judea that is on the other side of the Jordan.

And when the young man heard that, he went away in deep distress, for he owned a great deal of property.

But when the disciples heard this, they were dumbfounded, and asked, "Who then can be saved!"

Jesus said to them: "I solemnly say to you, in the new order of life, when the Son of Man shall take His seat on His glorious throne, you too, who have followed me, will sit on twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

When he had contracted with the laborers at twenty cents a day, he sent them off to his vineyard.

"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'

And those who were hired first, when they came, supposed that they would receive more, but they too received twenty cents each.

When the other ten heard of it, they were indignant at the two brothers.

When they were near Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead,

When He came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement, and asking, "Who is He?"

Early next morning when He returned to the city, He felt hungry.

When the disciples saw it, they were dumbfounded, and asked, "How is it that the fig tree withered up all at once?"

And when He had come into the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to Him while He was teaching, and asked, "What sort of authority have you for doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

But when the time for gathering grapes was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his rent.

But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is his heir, come on, let us kill him, and get all that is coming to him!'

Now when the owner of the estate comes back, what will he do to these tenants?"

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard His stories, they knew that He was speaking about them,

But when the king came in to take a look at the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding suit.

And when they heard it, they were dumbfounded; and they left Him and went away.

And when the crowds heard this, they were dumbfounded at His teaching.

And when the Pharisees came together, Jesus asked them,

He asked them, "How then does David, under the guidance of the Spirit, call Him Lord, when he says:

A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you scour land and sea to win a single convert, and when he is won you make him twice as fit for the pit as you are.

And Jesus left the temple, and was going away, when His disciples came up to Him, to show Him the temple buildings.

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to Him by themselves, and said, "Tell us when this is to take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age."

"So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place" -- let the reader take notice --

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the nations of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky in overwhelming power and splendor.

So when you see all these things, you will know that He is right at your door.

Blessed is that slave if, when his master comes back, he finds him so doing.

So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest.

"When the Son of Man comes in His splendor, and all the angels with Him, He will take His seat on His splendid throne,

For when I was hungry, you gave me something to eat, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, when I was a stranger you welcomed me to your homes,

when I needed clothes you put them on me, when I was sick you looked after me, when I was in prison you came to see me.'

Then the upright will answer, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and give you something to eat, or thirsty, and give you something to drink?

When did we ever see you a stranger and welcome you to our homes, or needing clothes, and put them on you?

When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and come to see you?'

For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat, when I was thirsty you gave me nothing to drink,

when I was a stranger you did not welcome me to your homes, when I needed clothes you did not put them on me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.'

Then they will answer, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or needing clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not wait on you?'

When Jesus had ended this discourse, He said to His disciples,

When Jesus came back to Bethany, to the home of Simon the leper,

When the disciples saw it, they were very indignant, and said, "Why such waste?

When evening came, He was sitting at the table with the Twelve.

I tell you, I will never again drink the product of the vine till the day when I drink the new wine with you in my Father's kingdom."

So when they met for this purpose, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to set free, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?"

And when they had finished making sport of Him, they took off the cloak, and put His own clothes back on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.