On one of those days, when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and Doctors of the Law were sitting near by. (They had come from all the villages in Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was upon Jesus, so that he could work cures.)

And placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.

Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out--an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.

The tax-gatherers and the outcasts were all drawing near to Jesus to listen to him;

Meanwhile the elder son was out in the fields; but, on coming home, when he got near the house, he heard music and dancing,

Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,

As Jesus was getting near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road-side, begging.

As the people were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell them a parable. He did so because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the Kingdom of God was going to be proclaimed at once.

It was when Jesus had almost reached Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, that he sent on two of the disciples.

When he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it, and said:

So the disciples questioned Jesus: "But, Teacher, when will this be? and what sign will there be when this is near?"

As soon as they shoot, you know, as you look at them, without being told, that summer is near.

And so may you, as soon as you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.

The Feast of the Unleavened Bread, known as the Passover, was near.

Presently a maidservant saw him sitting near the blaze of the fire. Fixing her eyes on him, she said: "Why, this man was one of his companions!"

When they got near the village to which they were walking, Jesus appeared to be going further;