After they went into the house and saw the child with his mother Mary, they fell down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasure sacks and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! That's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you."

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gerasenes, two demon-possessed men met him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could travel on that road.

Then Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and every illness.

Don't take any gold, silver, or copper in your moneybags,

I tell all of you with certainty, whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple will never lose his reward."

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to talk was brought to him. Jesus healed him so that the man could speak and see.

He was still speaking when a bright cloud suddenly overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him. Keep on listening to him!"

Because he couldn't pay, his master ordered him, his wife, his children, and everything that he owned to be sold so that payment could be made.

But he refused and had him thrown into prison until he could repay the debt.

In anger his master handed him over to the jailers until he could repay the entire debt.

Then Jesus, deeply moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and at once they could see again. So they followed him.

told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me.

"Tell the daughter of Zion, "Look, your king is coming to you! He is humble and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt of a donkey.'"

They brought the donkey and the colt and put their coats on them, and he sat upon them.

No one could answer him at all, and from that day on no one dared to ask him another question.

"How terrible it will be for you, blind guides! You say, "Whoever swears an oath by the sanctuary is excused, but whoever swears an oath by the gold of the sanctuary must keep his oath.'

You blind fools! What is more important, the gold or the sanctuary that made the gold holy?

and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold.

Surely this perfume could've been sold for a high price and the money given to the destitute."

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

Then he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open.

Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?

But when the man left, he began to proclaim it freely. He spread the news so widely that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly, but had to stay out in deserted places. Still, people kept coming to him from everywhere.

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

He had often been restrained with shackles and chains, but had snapped the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one could tame him.

They could wear sandals but not take along an extra shirt.

His disciples answered him, "Where could anyone get enough bread to feed these people out here in the wilderness?"

and his clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone on earth could bleach them.

Then a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I love. Keep on listening to him!"

Jesus told him, "Go. Your faith has made you well." At once the man could see again, and he began to follow Jesus down the road.

and told them, "Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you go into it, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it, and bring it along.

So they went and found the colt outside in the street tied up next to a doorway. While they were untying it,

some men standing there asked them, "What are you doing untying that colt?"

They brought the colt to Jesus, threw their coats on it, and he sat on it.

Seeing in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing except leaves because it wasn't the season for figs.

This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute." So they got extremely angry with her.

She has done what she could. She poured perfume on my body in preparation for my burial.

When he went back, he found his disciples asleep. "Simon, are you asleep?" he asked Peter. "You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you?

Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

Suddenly, Zechariah could open his mouth, his tongue was set free, and he began to speak and to praise God.

He granted us deliverance from our enemies' grip so that we could serve him without fear

The others were furious and began to discuss with each other what they could do to Jesus.

A woman was there who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had spent all she had on doctors, no one could heal her.

But while he was saying this, a cloud appeared and surrounded them, and they became terrified as they were being overshadowed by the cloud.

Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen. Keep listening to him!"

Then Jesus told the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming in from the west, you immediately say, "There's going to be a storm,' and that's what happens.

But he answered his father, "Listen! All these years I've worked like a slave for you. I've never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you've never given me so much as a young goat for a festival so I could celebrate with my friends.

The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you!

Immediately the man could see again and began to follow Jesus, glorifying God. All the people saw this and gave praise to God.

Zacchaeus came down quickly and was glad to welcome him into his home.

"After he was appointed king, the prince came back. He ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called so he could find out what they had earned by investing.

Then why didn't you put my money in the bank? When I returned, I could have collected it with interest.'

"Go into the village ahead of you," he said. "As you enter, you will find a colt tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it along.

While they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

Then they brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it, and Jesus sat upon it.

"If you had only known today what could have brought you peace! But now it is hidden from your sight,

Then they will see "the Son of Man coming in a cloud' with power and great glory.

So he went off and discussed with the high priests and the Temple police how he could betray Jesus to them.

Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, because he had been wanting to see him for a long time on account of what he had heard about him. He was also hoping to see some sign done by him.

"Come, see a man who told me everything I've ever done! Could he possibly be the Messiah?"

So they were glad to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.

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

For your sake I'm glad that I wasn't there, so that you may believe. But let's go to him."

But some of them said, "Surely the one who opened the eyes of the blind man could have kept this man from dying, couldn't he?"

Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where he was should tell them so that they could arrest him.

"Stop being afraid, people of Zion. Look, your king is coming, sitting upon a donkey's colt!"

This is why they could not believe: Isaiah also said,

Meanwhile, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had built and were warming themselves because it was cold. Peter was also standing with them, keeping himself warm.

After saying this, Jesus was taken up while those who had gathered together were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

That is why my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices, yes, even my body still rests securely in hope.

United in purpose, they went to the Temple every day, ate at each other's homes, and shared their food with glad and humble hearts.

Now a man who had been crippled from birth was being carried in. Every day people would lay him at what was called the Beautiful Gate so that he could beg from those who were going into the Temple.

However, Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold, but I'll give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus the Messiah from Nazareth, walk!"

And seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could not say anything against them.

As long as it remained unsold, wasn't it your own? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? So how could you have thought of doing what you did? You didn't lie only to men, but also to God!"

"How could you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord?" Peter asked her. "Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and these men will carry you outside as well."

When the commander of the Temple guards and the high priests heard these words, they were utterly at a loss as to what could have happened to them.

But they could neither refute the wisdom nor withstand the Spirit by which he kept speaking.

But Peter told him, "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's free gift with money!

All at once something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again.

While Peter was still at a loss to know what the vision he had seen could mean, the men sent by Cornelius asked for Simon's house and went to the gate.

Even by saying this, it was all Paul and Barnabas could do to keep the crowds from offering sacrifices to them.

So why do you test God by putting on the disciples' neck a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we could carry?

So if we are God's children, we shouldn't think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, or is an image carved by humans using their own imagination and skill.

I never desired anyone's silver, gold, or clothes.

He had four unmarried daughters who could prophesy.

When he could not be persuaded otherwise, we remained silent except to say, "May the Lord's will be done."

"The Lord told me, "Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything you are destined to do.' Since I could not see because of the brightness of the light, the men who were with me took me by the hand and led me into Damascus.

came to me. He stood beside me and said, "Brother Saul, receive your sight!' At that moment I could see him.

But Paul appealed his case and asked to be held in prison until the decision of his Majesty. So I ordered him to be held in custody until I could send him to the emperor."

Agrippa told Festus, "This man could have been set free if he hadn't appealed to the emperor."

Since the harbor was not a good place to spend the winter, most of the men favored putting out to sea from there on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix and spend the winter there. It is a Cretian harbor that faces southwest and northwest.

When a gentle breeze began to blow from the south, they thought they could make it to Phoenix, so they hoisted anchor and began sailing along the shore of Crete.

When day came, they didn't recognize the land, but they could see a bay with a beach on which they planned to run the ship ashore, if possible.

but the centurion wanted to save Paul, so he prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

The people who lived there were unusually kind to us. It had started to rain and was cold, so they started a bonfire and invited us to join them around it.

Of course not! Otherwise, how could God judge the world?

for I could wish that I myself were condemned and cut off from the Messiah for the sake of my brothers, my own people,

Then you will say, "Branches were cut off so that I could be grafted in."