As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you' and 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him.

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?

And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don't they?

may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

So then, don't worry saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you." And the servant was healed at that hour.

Now when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever.

And he said, "Go!" So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.

Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.

When Jesus heard this he said, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do.

Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

Then he touched their eyes saying, "Let it be done for you according to your faith."

Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: "Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.

Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.

And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.

I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.

He said, 'An enemy has done this.' So the slaves replied, 'Do you want us to go and gather them?'

When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.

But he replied, "They don't need to go. You give them something to eat."

Then he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.

"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat."

Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

But she came and bowed down before him and said, "Lord, help me!"

Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way."

After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."

But so that we don't offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you."

As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.

Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you.'

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.

Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

Now when the other ten heard this, they were angry with the two brothers.

And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a den of robbers!"

Jesus answered them, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen.

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

The second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh.

Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law -- justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

And he said to them, "Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,

"At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten.

When Jesus learned of this, he said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me.

I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."

He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done."

But he denied it in front of them all: "I don't know what you're talking about!"

Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,

Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?"

He asked, "Why? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him!"

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

and saying, "You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!"

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

He proclaimed, "One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her.

The whole town gathered by the door.

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."

The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and, "By the ruler of demons he casts out demons."

He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

But he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are about to die?"

So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Be quiet! Calm down!" Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.

Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.

Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, "Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you."

So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.

But he looked around to see who had done it.

Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.

Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this."