Jacob the father of Joseph, and Joseph (to whom the virgin Mary was betrothed) the father of Jesus, who is called 'Christ.'

but he did not live with her as a husband till she bore a son, whom he called Jesus.

I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

(pagans make all that their aim in life) for your heavenly Father knows quite well you need all that.

The captain answered, "Sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof; only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise like serpents and guileless like doves.

This is he of whom it is written, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you.

All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father ??nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find your souls refreshed;

Here is my servant whom I have selected, my Beloved in whom my soul delights; I will invest him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim religion to the Gentiles.

Besides, if I cast out daemons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Thus they will be your judges.

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat. I will not send them away starving, in case they faint on the road."

He said to them, "And who do you say I am?"

He said, "Yes." But when he went indoors Jesus spoke first; "Tell me, Simon," he said, "from whom do earthly kings collect customs or taxes? Is it from their own people or from aliens?"

Woe to the world for hindrances! Hindrances have to come, but ??woe to the man by whom the hindrance does come!

For where two or three have gathered in my name, I am there among them."

There are eunuchs who have been eunuchs from their birth, there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Realm of heaven. Let anyone practice it for whom it is practicable."

Then he replied to one of them, 'My man, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree with me for a shilling?

Can I not do as I please with what belongs to me? Have you a grudge because I am generous?'

Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."

"You shall drink my cup," said Jesus, "but it is not for me to grant seats at my right hand and at my left; these belong to the men for whom they have been destined by my Father."

I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is not a God of dead people but of living."

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.

for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

(I am telling you this beforehand.)

Now where is the trusty and thoughtful servant, whom his lord and master has set over his household to assign them their supplies at the proper time?

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

Then the word spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: and I took the thirty silver pieces, the price of him who had been priced, whom they had priced and expelled from the sons of Israel;

At festival time the governor was in the habit of releasing any one prisoner whom the crowd chose.

Pilate said, "Then what am I to do with Jesus the so-called 'Christ'?" They all said, "Have him crucified!"

Now when Pilate saw that instead of him doing any good a riot was rising, he took some water and washed his hands in presence of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this good man's blood. It is your affair!"

As they went out they met a Cyrenian called Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross.