When they caught sight of the star, they were intensely glad;

on reaching the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, they fell down to worship him, and opening their caskets they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.

When he reached the opposite side, the country of the Gadarenes, he was met by two demoniacs who ran out of the tombs; they were so violent that nobody could pass along the road there.

you are not to take gold or silver or coppers in your girdle,

And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, I tell you, he shall not lose his reward."

There he could not do many miracles owing to their lack of faith.

He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight: listen to him."

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

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

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you truly, if you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you could say to this hill, 'Move from here to there,' and remove it would; nothing would be impossible for you."

saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you and you will at once find an ass tethered with a colt alongside of her; untether them and bring them to me.

Tell the daughter of Sion, 'Here is your king coming to you, He is gentle and mounted on an ass, And on a colt the foal of a beast of burden.'

they brought the ass and the colt and put their clothes on them. Jesus seated himself on them,

No one could make any answer to him, and from that day no one ventured to put another question to him.

Woe to you, blind guides that you are! you say, 'Swear by the sanctuary, and it means nothing; but swear by the gold of the sanctuary, and the oath is binding.'

You are senseless and blind! for which is the greater, the gold or the sanctuary that makes the gold sacred?

And in most of you love will grow cold by the increase of iniquity;

Then he went to the disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "So the three of you could not watch with me for a single hour?

Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then ??the scriptures that say this must be so?"

but they could find none, although a number of false witnesses came forward. However, two men came forward at last

But he went off and proceeded to proclaim it aloud and spread news of the affair both far and wide. The result was that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; he stayed outside in lonely places, and people came to him from every quarter.

and as they could not get near Jesus on account of the crowd they tore up the roof under which he stood and through the opening they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic lay.

In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it;

who dwelt among the tombs; by this time no one could bind him, not even with a chain,

for he had often been bound with fetters and chains and had snapped the chains and broken the fetters ??nobody could tame him.

There he could not do any miracle, beyond laying his hands on a few sick people and curing them.

Herodias had a grudge against him; she wanted him killed but she could not manage it,

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing he was a just and holy man; so he protected John ??he was greatly exercised when he listened to him, still he was glad to listen to him.

And he said to them, "Come away to some lonely spot and get a little rest" (for there were many people coming and going, and they could get no time even to eat).

Leaving there, he went away to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and wished no one to know of it, but he could not escape notice;

What could a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

and his clothes glistened white, vivid white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.

Then a cloud came overshadowing them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, listen to him."

and whenever it seizes him it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth. He is wasting away with it; so I told your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

When he went indoors his disciples asked him in private, "Why could we not cast it out?"

saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you. As soon as you enter it you will find a colt tethered, on which no one has ever sat; untether it and bring it here.

Off they went and found a colt tethered outside a door in the street. They untethered it;

but some of the bystanders said to them, "What do you mean by untethering that colt?"

Then they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had put their clothes on it Jesus seated himself.

and noticing a fig tree in leaf some distance away he went to see if he could find anything on it; but when he reached it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs.

She has done all she could ??she has anticipated the perfuming of my body for burial.

Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour?

Now the high priests and the whole of the Sanhedrin tried to secure evidence against Jesus, in order to have him put to death; but they could find none,

When he did come out he could not speak to them, so they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary; he made signs to them and remained dumb.

He answered them, "I must preach the glad news of the Reign of God to the other towns as well, for that is what I was sent to do."

but when they could not find any means of getting him in, on account of the crowd, they climbed to the top of the house and let him down through the tiles, mattress and all among the people in front of Jesus.

This filled them with fury, and they discussed what they could do to Jesus.

He is like a man engaged in building a house, who dug deep down and laid his foundation on the rock; when a flood came, the river dashed against that house but could not shake it, for it had been well built.

and a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years which no one could cure,

As he spoke, a cloud came and overshadowed them. They were awestruck as they passed into the cloud,

but a voice came from the cloud, "This is my Son, my Chosen one; listen to him."

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

Before the boy could reach Jesus, the daemon dashed him down and convulsed him, but Jesus checked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and handed him back to his father.

And to the crowds he said, "When you see a cloud rise in the west, you say, 'There is a shower coming,' and so it is:

This they could not dispute.

saying, 'This fellow started to build but he could not finish it.'

We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

There was a rich man, clad in purple and fine linen, who lived sumptuously every day.

who tried to see what Jesus was like; but he could not, on account of the crowd ??for he was small of stature.

Why then did you not put my money into the bank, so that I could have got it with interest when I came back?'

saying, "Go to the village in front, and on entering it you will find a colt tethered on which no one ever has sat; untether it and bring it.

The messengers went off and found the colt exactly as he had told them.

As they were untethering it, the owners said to them, "Why are you untethering the colt?"

So they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their clothes on the colt they mounted Jesus upon it.

but they could not discover what was to be done, for the whole of the people hung upon his lips.

So they could not seize on what he said before the people, and marvelling at his reply they said nothing.

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

who went off to discuss with the high priests and commanders how he could betray him to them.

And they began to discuss among themselves which of them could possibly be going to do such a thing.

A quarrel also rose among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest.

but when they went inside they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

and could not find his body, but they came to tell us they had actually seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive.

Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?"

he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is heartily glad at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. Such is my joy, and it is complete.

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, that you may believe. Come now, let us go to him."

Whereupon the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" ??37 though some of them asked, "Could he not have prevented him from dying, when he could open a blind man's eyes?"

Fear not, daughter of Sion; here is your king coming, seated on an ass's colt.

This was why they could not believe; for Isaiah again said,

Now the servants and the attendants were standing and warming themselves at a charcoal fire which they had lit (for it was cold), and Peter also stood beside them and warmed himself.

So he told them, "Throw your net on the right of the boat, and you will have a take." At this they threw the net, and now they could not haul it in for the mass of fish.

Now there is much else that Jesus did ??so much, that if it were written down in detail. I do not suppose the world itself could hold the written records.

On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight.

but God raised him by checking the pangs of death. Death could not hold him.

My heart is glad, my tongue exults, my very flesh will rest in hope,

Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart,

But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but I will give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, [get up and] walk!"

but as they saw the man who had been healed standing beside them, they could say nothing.

When it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And even after the sale, was the money not yours to do as you pleased about it? How could you think of doing a thing like this? You have not defrauded men but God."

Peter said to her, "How could you arrange to put the Lord's Spirit to the proof? Listen, there are the footsteps of the men who have buried your husband! They are at the door, and they will carry you out as well."

but they could not meet the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

Now a famine came over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, attended with great misery, so that our ancestors could not find provender.

Heaven is my throne, the earth is a footstool for my feet! What house would you build me? saith the Lord. On what spot could I settle?

Peter said to him, "Death to you and your money, for dreaming you could buy the gift of God!

and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus empowering him to put any man or woman in chains whom he could find belonging to the Way, and bring them to Jerusalem.

His fellow-travellers stood speechless, for they heard the voice but they could not see anyone.

Saul got up from the ground, but though his eyes were open he could see nothing; so they took his hand and led him to Damascus.

Well then, if God has given them exactly the same gift as he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I ??how could I try to thwart God?"

Now when day broke there was a great commotion among the soldiers over what could have become of Peter.