When they had entered the house, they saw the child with Mary, his mother, and opening their treasure-chests they gave him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

"No slave can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will pay heed to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slaves both of God and of gold.

"Take no gold or silver or coppers in your purses;

"And whoever gives to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, because he is a disciple, I tell you in solemn truth, he shall not lose his reward.

While he was yet speaking, behold! a luminous cloud overshadowed them; and a voice out of the cloud, saying. "This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom is my delight. Listen to him."

"And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him."

"Go on into the village facing you, and at once you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me.

Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold thy King cometh to thee, Gentle and sitting upon an ass, And upon a colt, the fool of a beast of burden."

they led back the ass and her colt, and placed their cloaks on them.

No one could answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to ask him another question.

"Woe unto you, blind guides, who say, If any one swears by the Sanctuary, it is nothing, but if any one swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, the oath is binding.

"You fools and blind; for which is greater, the gold, or the Sanctuary which hallows the gold?

and because of the increase of iniquity the love of the majority will grow cold;

"Why is this waste? This perfume could have been sold for a good sum, and the money given to the poor."

"But if I did, how could the Scriptures be fulfilled that say that thus it must happen?"

But he went out and began to tell every one and to publish it broadcast, so that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; but he had to remain outside in lonely places, and people kept coming to him from every quarter.

When they could not get him near to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof under which he stood, and after making an opening, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.

Then he went into a house, but again such a multitude assembled that they could not get their food.

Not even with a chain could any man bind him, for he had been bound with fetters and chains again and again, and had snapped the chains, and broken the fetters; and there was no one strong enough to master him.

but she could not, for Herod was afraid of John because he knew that he was a just and holy man. So he kept him safe. When he listened to John he was much exercised, yet he found pleasure in listening to him.

Then he said to them, "Come apart, yourselves, to a quiet spot, and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they could not get time even to eat.

After he rose and left that place, he went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. Here he went into a house and wished no one to know it but he could not be hid.

Here in their presence he was transfigured; and his clothes also became glistering with a radiant whiteness, such as no bleaching on earth could give.

Then there came a cloud overshadowing them; and there came a voice out of the cloud. "This is my Son, my beloved. Listen to him."

and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and is wasting away. I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

When Jesus had gone into the house, his disciples asked him in private, "Why could not we cast it out?"

Jesus sent two of his disciples and told them. "Go to that village in front of you, and immediately on entering it you will find a colt tied, upon which no man has ever sat; untie him and bring him here.

So they went and found a colt tied outside a door, in the open street, and untied it.

And some of the bystanders began to say to them, "What are you trying to do, untying that colt?"

Then they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had thrown cloaks upon it, Jesus seated himself on it.

and seeing a fig tree in the distance full of leaves, he came to see if he could find anything on it, and found on it nothing but leaves (for it was not the time of figs).

for they have all put in what they could spare out of their surplus, but she, out of her penury, has put in all that she possessed, her whole living."

That perfume could have been sold for more than one hundred and fifty dollars, and given to the poor."

She has done what she could. she has before time anointed my body for my burial.

and they were glad when they heard it, and promised to pay him money. So he kept looking for an opportunity to betray him.

Then he came and found them asleep, and he said to Peter. "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not keep watch one hour?

And when he came out he could not speak to them, and then they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained dumb.

Mary was greatly agitated at his word, and was revolving in her mind what this salutation could mean.

And behold there came men carrying a paralytic on a bed; and they tried to bring him and lay him before Jesus, but they could not because of the crowd.

He did so; and his hand was restored. But they were filled with fury, and they began to talk over together what they could do to Jesus.

"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.

So he answered them. "Go your way, tell John what you have seen and heard. How the blind are seeing, the lame are walking, the lepers are being cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised, and the poor are hearing the proclamations of glad tidings.

There came to him his mother and his brothers, and they could not reach him because of the crowd.

And while he was saying this, there came a cloud and began to overshadow them; and they were awestruck as they entered into the cloud.

And a voice came out of the cloud, saying. "This is my Son, my chosen one; listen to him."

"I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

Then he said to the crowd also. "When you see a cloud rising in the west you at once say, 'There is going to be a shower,' and it comes to pass.

a woman was present who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years. she was bent double, and could not lift herself up at all.

They could not answer this.

"'This fellow began to build and could not finish.'

And he kept trying to see what sort of a man Jesus was; but he could not see because he was short.

he sent two of his disciples saying. "Go into the village in the front, and on entering it you will find an ass's colt tied, on which no one has ever ridden.

"Untie it and bring it here. And if any one asks you, 'Why are you untying the colt?' Simply say, 'The Master needs it.'"

For as they were untying the colt, the owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

So they led it to Jesus, and, after throwing their outer garments on the colt, they placed Jesus on it.

But they could not find how to do it, for the people all hung upon him, listening to him.

So they could not lay hold of his sayings before the people; and marveling at his answer, they held their peace.

"and then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

And they began to question among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do such a thing.

And there arose also a dispute among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest,

Now when Herod saw Jesus he was exceedingly glad. He had long been wanting to see him, because he had heard so much about him, and was hoping to see some miracles performed by him.

(This they said to tempt him, so that they could bring a charge against him.)

"Your father Abraham rejoiced that he should see my day; and he saw it and was glad."

"If this man had not come of God he could have done nothing."

"Lazarus is dead; and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, in order that you may believe. Come, let us go to him."

"Could not this man, who has opened the eyes of the blind man, have prevented this man also from dying?"

Fear not, daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh seated upon an ass's colt.

This was why they could not believe, because Isaiah said again.

"You heard me tell you, 'I am going away, and yet I am coming to you.' If you loved me you would have been glad because I said 'I am going to the Father,' for my Father is greater than I.

Now the slaves and the attendants were standing and warming themselves about a charcoal fire, which they had made because it was cold; and Peter also stood with them, and was warming himself.

As he said this he showed them his hands and his side. Then were the disciple glad, when they saw the Lord.

And he said to them, "Cast your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find." So they cast it, and now they could not haul it in for the multitude of fishes.

But there are also many other things which Jesus did; if every one of them were to be recorded in detail I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would have to be written.

When he had said this, and while they were looking at him, he was lifted up, and a cloud received him up out of their sight.

"Therefore my heart is glad, my tongue exults, my very body also shall pitch its tent in hope.

"I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have, this I am going to give to you; in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, walk!"

Now when they beheld the glad fearlessness of Peter and John and had perceived that they were amazed; and they began to recognize them, that they were companions of Jesus.

"While it remained unsold, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was not the price at your own disposal? How could you conceive this act in your heart? You have not lied unto men, but unto God."

"Then there came a famine over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, so that our ancestors could not find food.

But when they believed Philip, who was preaching glad tidings about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

and begged of him letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any that were of the Way, either men or women, he could bind them and bring them to Jerusalem.

"So if God gave them the same gift as he gave to us, when we first believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?"

When he arrived, and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord, with full purpose of heart;

When morning came there was no small stir among the soldiers as to what could possibly have become of Peter.

Then Herod had search made for him, and could not find him. After sharply questioning the guards, he ordered them off to execution. He then went down from Judea to Caesarea, where he stayed for some time.

"And we bring you glad tidings of the promise made to our forefathers,

"and that by him every one that believes is justified from all things from which you could never be justified by the law of Moses.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who had been ordained to eternal life, believed.

"Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to imagine that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.

"No man's silver or gold of clothing did I ever covet.

Some among the crowd kept shouting one thing, some another; and when the tribune could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered Paul into the barracks.

When he came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought a number of serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

But when Paul appealed to have his case reviewed for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered him to be detained until I could send him up to Caesar."

"I could not find that he had done anything for which he ought to die; but as he himself has appealed to the Emperor, I have determined to send him.

and as the harbor was ill adapted for winter quarters, the majority advised putting out to sea from thence, to see whether they could get to Phoenix and winter there, a harbor on the coast of Crete facing northeast and southeast.

when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and let her drive.

Then we ran under the lee of a little island named Claudia, where with great difficulty we were able to secure the ship's boat.

When it was day they tried in vain to recognize the land, but they spied an inlet with a sandy beach, and they began conferring to see whether they could drive the ship into it.

But the centurion kept them from their purpose, because he wished to save Paul. He gave orders that those who could swim should first jump overboard and get to land;

The foreign-speaking people showed us uncommon kindness, for they lighted a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain and because of the cold.