"O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, because from you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

Then he went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.

"There isn't a person among you who would give his son a stone if he asked for bread, is there?

"Pay attention, now! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves.

I tell all of you with certainty, among those born of women no one has appeared who is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least important person in the kingdom from heaven is greater than he.

But he asked them, "Is there a man among you who, if he had one sheep and it fell into a ditch on the Sabbath, wouldn't take hold of it and pull it out?

Other seeds fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes grew higher and choked them out.

As for what was sown among the thorn bushes, this is the person who hears the word, but the worries of life and the deceitful pleasures of wealth choke the word so that it can't produce a crop.

While people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

That is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, cull out the evil people from among the righteous ones,

As they began to discuss this among themselves, they kept saying, "We didn't bring along any bread."

Knowing this, Jesus asked them, "You who have little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you don't have any bread?

Calling a little child forward, he had him stand among them.

because where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave.

They began discussing this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask us, "Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, "From humans,' we are afraid of the crowd, because everyone regards John as a prophet."

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother.

The person who is greatest among you must be your servant.

But they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

So the soldiers took the money, did as they were instructed, and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

He was in the wilderness for 40 days being tempted by Satan. He was among wild animals, and angels were ministering to him.

Now some scribes were sitting there, arguing among themselves,

At once, Jesus knew in his spirit what they were saying to themselves. "Why are you arguing about such things among yourselves?" he asked them.

Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes came up and choked them out, and they didn't produce anything.

Still others are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the people who hear the word,

He lived among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, not even with a chain.

He kept screaming night and day among the tombs and on the mountainsides, and kept cutting himself with stones.

So the demons begged him, "Send us among the pigs, so that we can go into them!"

Jesus had been telling them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own home."

Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

Then he took a little child and had him stand among them. He took him in his arms and told them,

Salt is good. But if salt loses its taste, how can you restore its flavor? Keep on having salt among yourselves, and live in peace with one another."

Jesus called his disciples and told them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers among the unbelievers lord it over them, and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

That's not the way it should be among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to everyone,

They began discussing this among themselves. "If we say, "From heaven,' he'll say, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

because they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."

Then they crucified him. They divided his clothes among themselves by throwing dice to see what each one would get.

In the same way, the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, "He saved others, but can't save himself!

Now there were women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of young James and Joseph, and Salome.

Since many people have attempted to write an orderly account of the events that have transpired among us,

and she loudly exclaimed, "How blessed are you among women, and how blessed is the infant in your womb!

They thought that he was in their group of travelers. After traveling for a day, they started looking for him among their relatives and friends.

Three days later, they found him in the Temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and posing questions to them.

The scribes and the Pharisees began to argue among themselves, saying, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

Because Jesus knew that they were arguing, he asked them, "Why are you arguing about this among yourselves?

Fear gripped everyone, and they began to praise God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said, and "God has helped his people."

Those who were at the table with them began to say among themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?"

Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes grew with them and choked them.

The ones that fell among the thorn bushes are the people who listen, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries, wealth, and pleasures of life, and their fruit doesn't mature.

Later, an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.

Then he told them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, because the one who is least among all of you is the one who is greatest."

Get going! See, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

What father among you, if his son asks for bread, would give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead of the fish?

"Suppose a man among you has a servant plowing or watching sheep. Would he say to him when he comes in from the field, "Come at once and have something to eat'?

People won't be saying, "Look! Here it is!' or "There it is!' because now the kingdom of God is among you."

They discussed this among themselves: "If we say, "From heaven,' he will ask, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

But when the farmers saw him, they talked it over among themselves and said, "This is the heir. Let's kill him so that the inheritance will be ours!'

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the unbelievers until the times of the unbelievers are fulfilled."

"There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and there will be distress on earth among the nations that are confused by the roaring of the sea and its waves.

Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and said, "Take this and share it among yourselves,

Then they began to discuss among themselves which one of them was going to do this.

Now an argument sprang up among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

But you are not to do so. On the contrary, the greatest among you should become like the youngest, and the one who leads should become like the one who serves.

Because who is greater, the one who sits at the table, or the one who serves? It is the one at the table, isn't it? But I'm among you as one who serves.

Because I tell you, what has been written about me must be fulfilled: "He was counted among the criminals.' Indeed, what is written about me must be fulfilled."

When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had taken their seats, Peter, too, sat down among them.

Jesus kept saying, "Father, forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing." Then they divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.

While the women remained terrified, bowing their faces to the ground, the men asked them, "Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is living?

While they were all talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and told them, "Peace be with you."

The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.

John answered them, "I am baptizing with water, but among you stands a man whom you do not know,

"There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what are these among so many people?"

Jesus answered them, "Stop grumbling among yourselves.

But there are some among you who don't believe..." - because Jesus knew from the beginning those who weren't believing, as well as the one who would betray him.

And there was a great deal of discussion about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," while others were saying, "No, he is deceiving the crowds!"

Then the Jewish leaders asked one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we won't be able to find him? Surely he's not going to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?

When they persisted in questioning him, he straightened up and told them, "Let the person among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

Once again there was a division among the Jews because of what Jesus had been saying.

As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.

Now some Greeks were among those who had come up to worship at the festival.

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

If I hadn't done among them the actions that no one else did, they wouldn't have any sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him a question, so he asked them, "Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, "In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again'?

So they told each other, "Let's not tear it. Instead, let's throw dice to see who gets it." This was to fulfill the Scripture that says, "They divided my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they threw dice." So that is what the soldiers did.

It was the evening of the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them. He told them, "Peace be with you."

A week later, his disciples were again inside, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were shut, Jesus came, stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you."

So the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple wasn't going to die. Yet Jesus didn't say to Peter that he wasn't going to die, but, "If it's my will for him to remain until I come back, how does that concern you?"

At that time, Peter got up among the brothers (there were about 120 people present) and said,

who was one of the men associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus came and went among us,

Then Peter stood up among the eleven apostles and raised his voice to address them:

"Fellow Israelis, listen to these words: Jesus from Nazareth was a man authenticated to you by God through miracles, wonders, and signs that God performed through him among you, as you yourselves know.

"Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and that his tomb is among us to this day.

"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. Any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

There is no salvation by anyone else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved."

So they ordered them to leave the Council and began to discuss the matter among themselves.

But to keep it from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them never again to speak to anyone in this name."