And the child grew up and became strong in the Spirit, and he lived in the desert until the day when he proclaimed himself to Israel.

And Joseph went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he belonged to the house and family of David,

and she gave birth to her first-born son; and she wrapped him up, and laid him in a manger, for there was no room for them at the inn.

And this will prove it to you: You will find a baby wrapped up and lying in a manger."

but Mary treasured up all they had said, and pondered over it.

When their purification period under the Law of Moses was over, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

She came up just at that time and gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were living in expectation of the liberation of Jerusalem.

And the child grew up and became strong and thoughtful, with God's blessing resting on him.

And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual to the festival and made their customary stay.

And he went back with them to Nazareth and obeyed them. And his mother treasured all these things up in her mind.

Every hollow must be filled up, And every mountain and hill leveled. What is crooked is to be made straight, And the rough roads are to be made smooth,

He has his winnowing fork in his hand, to clean up his threshing-floor, and store his wheat in his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with inextinguishable fire."

And he took him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

and, 'They will lift you up with their hands, so that you may never strike your foot against a stone.' "

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath he went to the synagogue, as he was accustomed to do, and stood up to read the Scriptures.

And he rolled up the roll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed upon him.

and they got up and drove him out of the town and took him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, intending to throw him down from it.

When he got up and left the synagogue, he went to Simon's house. And Simon's mother-in-law was suffering with a severe attack of fever, and they asked him about her.

And he stood over her and reproved the fever and it left her, and she got up and waited on them.

Some men came up carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they tried to get him in and lay him before Jesus.

And as they could find no way to get him in, on account of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his mat through the tiles, among the people in front of Jesus.

Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

But to let you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth"??urning to the man who was paralyzed he said to him??"I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!"

And he got up at once before them all, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home, praising God.

And he left everything and got up and followed him.

But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and stand in front." And he got up and stood there.

It was in those days that he went up on the mountain to pray, and passed the whole night in prayer to God.

"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied! "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh!

"Alas for you who have plenty to eat now, for you will be hungry! "Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep!

As he came up to the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out; he was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A crowd of the townspeople was with her.

And when the Master saw her, he pitied her, and said to her, "Do not weep."

And he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped. And he said, "Young man, I tell you, wake up!"

And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and he gave him back to his mother.

They are like children sitting about in the bazaar and calling out to one another, " 'We have played the flute for you, and you would not dance! We have wailed and you would not weep!'

"A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and was trodden on, and the wild birds ate it up.

And some of it fell upon the rock, and when it sprang up it withered, because it had no moisture.

And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out.

And some fell on good soil, and grew up and yielded a hundred fold!" As he said this he called out, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!"

He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"

And they went to him and woke him up, and said to him, "Master! Master! We are lost!" Then he awoke and reproved the wind and the rough water, and they ceased, and there was a calm.

And he said to them, "Where is your faith?" But they were frightened and amazed, and said to one another, "Who can he be? For he gives orders even to the winds and the water, and they obey him!"

And a man named Jairus came up??e was leader of the synagogue??nd he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged him to come to his house,

came up behind him and touched the tassel of his cloak, and the hemorrhage stopped at once.

But he grasped her hand and called out, "Get up, my child!"

And her spirit returned and she stood up immediately, and he directed them to give her something to eat.

When the day began to decline, the Twelve came up and said to him, "Send the crowd away to the villages and farms around to find food and shelter, for we are in a lonely place here."

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them, and he broke them in pieces and gave them to the disciples to pass to the people.

And they all ate and had enough, and the pieces left over that were gathered up filled twelve baskets.

It was about eight days after Jesus said this that he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.

Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but waking up they saw his glorious appearance and the two men standing by him.

Just as they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! Let us put up three huts, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah!" For he did not know what he was saying.

Jesus answered, "O you unbelieving, obstinate people! How long must I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here!"

"You must store up these teachings in your minds, for the Son of Man is going to be handed over to men."

As the time approached when he was to be taken up to heaven, he set his face toward Jerusalem,

'The very dust of your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off in protest. But understand this: the Kingdom of God is at hand!'

Then an expert in the Law got up to test him and said, "Master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

and he went up to him and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. And he put him on his own mule and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

But Martha was worried with all she had to do for them, and she came up and said, "Master, does it make no difference to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."

and he answers from inside, 'Do not bother me; the door is now fastened, and my children and I have gone to bed; I cannot get up and give you any.'

I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him some because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him all he needs.

But when somebody stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he strips him of the arms that he relied on, and divides up the spoils.

There is nothing covered up that is not going to be uncovered, nor secret that is not going to be known.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have great wealth stored up for years to come. Now take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." '

That is the way with the man who lays up money for himself, and is not rich with God."

Blessed are the slaves whom their master will find on the watch when he comes. I tell you, he will gird up his robe and make them take their places at table, and go around and wait on them.

Just then some people came up to bring him word of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices.

and there was a woman there who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit. She was bent double and could not straighten herself up at all.

when the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock on the door, and say, 'Open it for us, sir!' Then he will answer you and say, 'I do not know where you come from,'

There you will weep and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are put outside.

Just then some Pharisees came up and said to him, "Go! Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you!"

For no one who does not take up his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

All the tax-collectors and irreligious people were crowding up to hear him.

Not many days later, the younger son gathered up all he had, and went away to a distant country, and there he squandered his property by fast living.

I will get up, and go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your eyes;

And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and pitied him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

But when your son here came, who has eaten up your property with women of the street, for him you killed the calf you have been fattening!'

And in Hades he looked up, tormented as he was, and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus beside him.

Look out for yourselves! If your brother wrongs you, take it up with him, and if he repents, forgive him.

And the Master said, "If your faith is as big as a mustard seed, you might have said to this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up by the roots and planted in the sea,' and it would have obeyed you!

And he said to him, "Stand up and go! Your faith has cured you."

People went on eating, drinking, marrying, and being married up to the very day that Noah got into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.

He gave them an illustration to show that they must always pray and not give up,

"Two men went up to the Temple to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector.

The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.

But Jesus called them up to him and said, "Let the children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they.

And he said to them, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the Kingdom of God

And he took the Twelve aside and said to them, "See! we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written in the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

And Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came up, Jesus asked him,

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree, to see him, for Jesus was coming that way.

When Jesus reached the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for I must stay at your house today."

for I was afraid of you, for you are a stern man. You pick up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.'

He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth I will convict you, you wretched slave! You knew, did you, that I was a stern man, and that I pick up what I did not lay down, and harvest what I did not sow?

For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up earthworks about you and surround you and shut you in on all sides,

One day as he was teaching the people in the Temple, and preaching the good news, the high priests and scribes came up with the elders

Then some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came up and asked him,

"Master, Moses made us a law that if a man's brother die leaving a wife but no children, the man should marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes, and love to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets??47 men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get all the heavier sentence!"

And looking up, he saw the rich people dropping their gifts into the treasury.

So make up your minds not to prepare your defense,

But when this begins to happen, look up and raise your heads, for your deliverance will be at hand."