on reaching the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, they fell down to worship him, and opening their caskets they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.

He went and settled in a town called Nazaret, so that what had been said by the prophets might be fulfilled: 'He shall be called a Nazarene.'

The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Now when Jesus had been baptized, the moment he rose out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove upon him.

said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

he said, "I will give you all that if you will fall down and worship me."

So when he saw the crowds, he went up the hill and sat down; his disciples came up to him

You are the light of the world. A town on the top of a hill cannot be hidden.

thy Reign begin, thy will be done on earth as in heaven!

[Relocated to follow vs 20] Any tree that does not produce sound fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on rock.

The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, and down it fell ??with a mighty crash."

When he came down from the hill, he was followed by large crowds.

On entering the house of Peter, Jesus noticed his mother-in-law was down with fever,

He said to them, "Begone!" So out they came and went to the swine, and the entire drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea and perished in the water.

The herdsmen fled; they went off to the town and reported the whole affair of the demoniacs.

Then all the town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to move out of their district.

So he embarked in the boat and crossed over to his own town.

Now when Jesus reached the official's house and saw the flute-players and the din the crowd were making,

These twelve men Jesus despatched with the following instructions, "Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter a Samaritan town,

Whatever town or village you go into, find out a deserving inhabitant and stay with him till you leave.

Whoever will not receive you or listen to your message, leave that house or town and shake off the very dust from your feet.

I tell you truly, on the day of judgment it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorra than for that town.

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; truly I tell you, you will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of man arrives.

but, as great crowds gathered to him, he entered a boat and sat down, while all the crowd stood on the beach.

He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then would you like us to go and gather them?'

When it was full, they dragged it to the beach and sitting down they gathered the good fish into vessels but flung away the bad.

For the Son of man is coming in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward everyone for what he has done.

As they went down the hill Jesus ordered them, "Tell this vision to nobody until the Son of man is raised from the dead."

I tell you another thing: if two of you agree on earth about anything you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

So the servant fell down and prayed him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you it all.'

So his fellow-servant fell down and implored him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.'

They said to him, "Then why did Moses lay it down that we were to divorce by giving a separation-notice?"

When the ten heard of this, they were angry at the two brothers,

and told them, "It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers."

Jesus answered, "I tell you truly, if you have faith, if you have no doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree but even if you say to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

The same happened with the second and the third, down to the seventh.

Besides, all they do is done to catch the notice of men; they make their phylacteries broad, they wear large tassels,

This is why I will send you prophets, wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, some of whom you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town;

it is that on you may fall the punishment for all the just blood shed on earth from the blood of Abel the just down to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

but he replied to them, "You see all this? I tell you truly, not a stone here will be left upon another, without being torn down."

a man on the housetop must not go down to fetch what is inside his house,

Then shall the Realm of heaven be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.

I tell you truly, wherever this gospel is preached through all the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

Again he went away for the second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done."

Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and when he got inside he sat down beside the attendants to see the end.

Then he flung down the silver pieces in the temple and went off and hung himself.

"Why," said the governor, "what has he done wrong?" But they shouted on more fiercely than ever, "Have him crucified!"

and sat down there to keep watch over him.

and calling, "You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! Save yourself, if you are God's Son! Come down from the cross!"

"He saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself! He the 'king of Israel'! Let him come down now from the cross; then we will believe in him!

But a great earthquake took place; an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled away the boulder and sat on it.

So the soldiers took the money and followed their instructions; and this story has been disseminated among the Jews down to the present day.