Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way: when his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit.

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,

When they had heard the king they went their way; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, until it came to rest over the place where the child was.

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

Now John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread."

Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

Seeing the crowds, he went up on a mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came to him.

And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell. And great was its fall."

When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.

And behold, a leper came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help,

Then a certain scribe came and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

And he said to them, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the water.

And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

And getting into a boat, he crossed over and came to his own city.

And as Jesus sat at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live."

And behold, a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment.

When Jesus came to the ruler's house, and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd,

When he had entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord."

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her deeds."

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Then he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

The disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

And the servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?'

Then he left the crowd and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field."

Then his disciples came and took the body and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.

When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food."

And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

So he said, "Come". Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus and said,

Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?"

And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried to him, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed."

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying out after us."

But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

Then great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others; and they laid them down at his feet, and he healed them.

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that the Son of Man is?"

But Jesus came and touched them and said, "Rise. Don't be afraid."

And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and kneeling before him said,

And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured from that moment.

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said, "Does not your teacher pay the temple tax?"

He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from others?"

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?"

Now behold, one came up and said to him, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?"

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.'

And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.

So when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to him with her sons and, kneeling down, asked something of him.

Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him; and even when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.

But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question,

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came up to point out to him the buildings of the temple.

Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will this be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us!'

Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

So he who had received the five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents.'

He also who had received the two talents came and said, 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents.'

Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive perfume, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, "So, could you not watch with me one hour?

And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.

Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.

but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus of Galilee."

After a little while those who stood by came up and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you."

When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to carry his cross.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull),

And when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself also become a disciple of Jesus.

And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it.

And behold, Jesus met them and said, "Hail!" And they came to him and took hold of his feet and worshipped him.

and said, "Tell them, 'His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.'

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

John came baptizing in the wilderness, and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Now John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."