and asked, "Where is He that is born King of the Jews? We saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him."

'And you, Bethlehem in Judah's land, You are not at all the least among the leading places of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler, who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

So he sent them to Bethlehem with this order, "Go and carefully search for the child, and when you find Him, bring back word to me, and I too may come and do Him homage."

But John tried to prevent Him, by saying, "I have need to be baptized by you, and you come to me!"

But he answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone can man live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

He said to them, "Come! Follow me, and I will make you fishermen for catching men."

"Do not suppose that I have come to set aside the law or the prophets.

I have not come to set them aside but to fill them up to the brim. For I solemnly say to you, heaven and earth would sooner pass away than the dotting of an 'i' or the crossing of a 't' from the law, until it all becomes in force.

leave your grit right there at the altar, and first go and make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your gift.

Be quick to come to terms with your opponent while you are on the road to court with him, so that he may not turn you over to the judge and the judge turn you over to the officer, and you be put in prison.

But your way of speaking must be a simple 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

to prove that you are sons of your Father in heaven, for He makes His sun rise on bad as well as good people, and makes the rain come down on doers of right and of wrong alike.

Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven.

"Look out for false prophets, who come to you under the guise of sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves.

He said to him, "I will come and cure him."

But the captain answered, "I am not fit for you to come under my roof, but simply speak the word, and my servant-boy will be cured.

For I, too, am under authority of others, and have soldiers under me, and I order this one to go, and he goes, another to come, and he comes, my slave-boy to do this, and he does it."

I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their seats at the feast with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, 'in the kingdom of heaven,

When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and at a mere word He drove the spirits out, and cured all who were sick,

And they suddenly screamed, "What do you want of us, you Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torture us?"

Go, learn what this means, 'It is mercy and not sacrifice that I want.' It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."

Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot mourn, can they, as long as they have the bridegroom with them? But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

And just as He was saying these things to them, an official came up and fell on his knees before Him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand upon her and she will come to life."

and if the house should prove deserving, may your good wish for peace upon it come true, but if not, may your good wish bring peace to yourselves.

"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

"Are you the One who was to come, or should we keep on looking for a different one?"

and if you are willing to accept it, John himself is the Elijah who was to come.

Come to me, all of you who toil and carry burdens, and I, yes, I, will lead you into rest.

But if I by the Spirit of God am driving the demons out, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven for it, but whoever speaks abusively against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven for it, either in this world or in the world to come.

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and carries off the seed that was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls.

And the farmer's slaves came up to him and said, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where did the wild wheat plants come from?'

It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the largest of plants; yea, it grows into a tree, so that the wild birds come and roost in its branches."

Peter answered Him, "Lord, if it is you, let me come to you on the water."

And He said, "Come." And Peter got down out of the boat and walked on the water, and he went toward Jesus.

It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul."

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they make the man foul.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, immorality, stealing, false witnessing, irreverent speech.

For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father's splendor, with His angels, and then He will pay back to everyone in accordance with what he has done.

The disciples asked Him, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

He answered, "Elijah does come and will get everything ready.

But I say to you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but treated him as they pleased. Just so the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands."

A curse on the world for such influences to do wrong! For they must come, but a curse on the man from whom these influences come!

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell everything you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back here and follow me."

just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

When they were near Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead,

And the crowds that went in front of Him and followed Him shouted: "Welcome the Son of David! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord; Welcome Him from on high!"

And when He had come into the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to Him while He was teaching, and asked, "What sort of authority have you for doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven, or from men?" They argued it out among themselves in this way, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is his heir, come on, let us kill him, and get all that is coming to him!'

Now when the owner of the estate comes back, what will he do to these tenants?"

And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding reception, but they refused to come.

A second time he sent other slaves, and said to them, 'Tell the invited guests that I have my reception all ready, my bullocks and fatlings are butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding reception!'

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

I solemnly say to you, all this will come upon this age!

For I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

for many will come bearing the name of the Messiah, and saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many people.

You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars; take care not to be scared out of your wits. They have to come, but that is not the end yet.

And this good news of the kingdom must be preached all over the inhabited world, for a testimony to all the heathen, and then the end will come.

let him who is on the roof of his house not come down to get his household goods out;

But be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in exactly what part of the night the thief would come, he would have been on guard and would not have let his house be broken into.

So you, too, must continue to be ready, for at an hour you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come.

Blessed is that slave if, when his master comes back, he finds him so doing.

the master of that slave will come on the very day he is not expecting him,

But at midnight there was a shout, 'Here comes the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!'

His master said to him 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

"When the Son of Man comes in His splendor, and all the angels with Him, He will take His seat on His splendid throne,

Then the King will say to those at His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and come to see you?'

After that He came back to the disciples and said to them: "Still sleeping! Still resting! See! The time has come for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men!

Get up and let us be going. Look! Here comes my betrayer!"

At that time Jesus said to the crowds: "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me, as though I were a robber? Day after day I used to sit teaching in the temple, and you never laid hands on me.

and saying, "You who would tear down the temple and build another in three days, save yourself! If you are really the Son of God, come down from the cross."

"He saved others but He cannot save Himself. He is the king of Israel, is He? Well, let Him come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

But the others said, "Wait, let us see if Elijah does come to deliver Him."

Issue an order then to have the tomb closely guarded, so that His disciples cannot come and steal Him and tell the people that He rose from the dead, and the last deception be worse than the first."

He is not here; He has risen, as He said He would do. Come, get a look at the place where He was lying.

And just as soon as He started to come up out of the water, He saw the heavens split open and the Spirit coming down like a dove to enter Him.

So Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fishermen for catching men."

"What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, God's Holy One!"

Jesus heard it, and said to them, "Not well but sick people have to send for the doctor. It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept saying, "He is under the spell of Beelzebub and by the help of the prince of the demons He drives out the demons."

The ones along the path are those who have the message sown in their hearts, but as soon as it is sown there, Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.

but it does not take real root in them, and so they last only a little while; then when trouble or persecution comes on account of the truth, they at once fall by the way.

And He was saying to them: "Take care what you hear. The measure you give will come back to you, and more besides.

then continues sleeping by night and getting up by day, while the seed sprouts and comes up without his knowing how.

But as soon as the crop Will permit it, he puts in the sickle, for the reaping time has come."

but when it is properly sown, it comes up and grows to be the largest of all the plants, and produces branches so large that the wild birds can roost under its shade."

For Jesus was saying to him, "You foul spirit, come out of him."

and kept earnestly begging Him, saying, "My dear little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live."

And He said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and rest a little while." For there was an endless stream of people coming and going, and they had no time even to eat.

Now when evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, while He was alone on land.

The Pharisees met about Him, and also some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

Nothing that goes into a man from the outside can make him foul, but the things that come from the inside of a man are the things that make him foul."

He kept on saying, "The thing that comes from the inside of a man is the thing that makes him foul,

for from the inside, that is, from the hearts of men, designs for doing evil come, sexual immorality, stealing, murder,

All these evils come from the inside of a man and make him foul."