which means, "God with us." When Joseph got up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as his wife.

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt," he said. "Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him."

So Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and left at night for Egypt.

"Get up," he said. "Take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead."

So Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel.

Don't think you can say to yourselves, "We have father Abraham!' because I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!

His winnowing fork is in his hand. He will clean up his threshing floor and gather his grain into the barn, but he will burn the chaff with inextinguishable fire."

At this, he permitted him to be baptized. When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

He told Jesus, "Since you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, because it is written, "God will put his angels in charge of you,' and, "With their hands they will hold you up, so that you will never hit your foot against a rock.'"

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the hill. After taking his seat, his disciples came to him,

"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

But keep on storing up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal,

Suddenly, a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."

When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a centurion came up to him and begged him repeatedly,

He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began serving him.

Just then, a scribe came up and told him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

Suddenly, a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat began to be swamped by the waves. Yet Jesus kept sleeping.

They went to him and woke him up. "Lord!" they cried, "Save us! We're going to die!"

He asked them, "Why are you afraid, you who have little faith?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

The men were amazed. "What kind of man is this?" they asked. "Even the winds and the sea obey him!"

Which is easier: to say, "Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, "Get up and walk'?

But so you will know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"" he told the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go home!"

So the man got up and went home.

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's desk and told him, "Follow me." So he got up and followed him.

While Jesus was telling them these things, an official came up and fell down before him. "My daughter has just died," he said. "But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

So Jesus got up and followed him, along with his disciples.

Just then a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his garment,

When the crowd had been driven outside, he went in, took her by the hand, and the young lady got up.

Watch out for people who will hand you over to the local councils and whip you in their synagogues.

The one who doesn't take up his cross and follow me isn't worthy of me.

because the Law and all the Prophets prophesied up to the time of John.

"And you, Capernaum! You won't be lifted up to heaven, will you? You'll go down to Hell! Because if the miracles that happened in you had taken place in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

How can someone go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man? Then he can ransack his house.

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look something greater than Jonah is here!

The queen of the south will stand up and condemn the people living today, because she came from so far away to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look! Something greater than Solomon is here!"

As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.

When the crop came up and bore grain, the weeds appeared, too.

Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

All of them ate and were filled. Then the disciples picked up what was left of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

After dismissing the crowds, he went up on a hillside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be pulled up by the roots.

But he didn't answer her at all. Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, "Send her away, because she keeps on screaming as she follows us."

Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a hillside and sat down.

All of them ate until they were filled, then the disciples picked up what was left of the broken pieces seven baskets full.

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously.

Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

Then Peter told Jesus, "Lord, it's good that we're here! If you want, I'll set up three shelters one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

But Jesus came up to them and touched them, saying, "Get up, and stop being afraid."

As they approached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, knelt down in front of him,

Jesus replied, "You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came up to Peter and asked, "Your teacher pays the temple tax, doesn't he?"

So Jesus told him, "In that case, the subjects are exempt. However, so that we don't offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Take it and give it to them for me and you."

Then Peter came up and asked him, "Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I have to forgive him? Seven times?"

Just then a man came up to Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what good deed should I do to have eternal life?"

When Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and told them as they were walking along,

"See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death.

He told them, "You will indeed drink from my cup. But it's not up to me to grant you a seat at my right hand or at my left. These positions have already been prepared for others by my Father."

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.

Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.

When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. "How did the fig tree dry up so quickly?" they asked.

They tie up burdens that are heavy and unbearable and lay them on people's shoulders, but they refuse to lift a finger to remove them.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation!

"That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his disciples came up to him to point out to him the Temple buildings.

because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.

Then all the bridesmaids woke up and got their lamps ready.

Later, the other bridesmaids arrived and said, "Lord, lord, open up for us!'

The one who had received five talents came up and brought five more talents. "Master,' he said, "you gave me five talents. See, I've earned five more talents.'

Get up! Let's go! See, the one who is betraying me is near!"

So Judas immediately went up to Jesus and said, "Hello, Rabbi!" and kissed him tenderly.

At this, the high priest stood up and asked Jesus, "Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?"

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard when a servant girl came up to him and said, "You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean."

After a little while, the people who were standing there came up and told Peter, "Obviously you're also one of them, because your accent gives you away."

The high priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money."

Suddenly, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" They went up to him, took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.

teaching them to obey everything that I've commanded you. And remember, I am with you each and every day until the end of the age."

Just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens split open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

All the people were so stunned that they kept saying to each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He tells even the unclean spirits what to do, and they obey him!"

He went up to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began serving them.

In the morning, while it was still very dark, Jesus got up and went to a deserted place and prayed there.

"Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, "Your sins are forgiven,' or "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk'?

"I say to you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!"

So the man got up, immediately picked up his mat, and went out in front of all of them. As a result, all of the people were amazed and began to glorify God as they kept on saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

As he was walking along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax collector's desk. Jesus told him, "Follow me!" So Levi got up and followed him.

because he had healed so many people that everyone who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.

Then Jesus went up on a hillside and called to himself those whom he had decided on, and they approached him.

No one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man. Then he can ransack his house.

As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they didn't have any roots, they dried up.

Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes came up and choked them out, and they didn't produce anything.

But others fell on good soil and produced a crop. They grew up, increased in size, and produced 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown."

He sleeps and gets up night and day while the seeds sprout and grow, although he doesn't know how

when it's planted it comes up and becomes larger than all the garden plants. It grows such large branches that the birds in the sky can nest in its shade."

A violent windstorm came up, and the waves began breaking into the boat, so that the boat was rapidly becoming swamped.

But Jesus was in the back of the boat, asleep on a cushion. So they woke him up and asked him, "Teacher, don't you care that we're going to die?"

Then he got up, rebuked the wind, and told the sea, "Calm down! Be still!" Then the wind stopped blowing, and there was a great calm.

Overcome with fear, they kept saying to one another, "Who is this man? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"

Since she had heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his robe,