The birth of [Jesus] Christ came about thus. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together she was discovered to be pregnant by the holy Spirit.

asking, "Where is the newly-born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose, and we have come to worship him."

And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people."

In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea,

Then Jesus came on the scene from Galilee, to get baptized by John at the Jordan.

John tried to prevent him; "I need to get baptized by you," he said, "and you come to me!"

But Jesus answered him, "Come now, this is how we should fulfil all our duty to God." Then John gave in to him.

So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

At this the devil left him, and angels came up and ministered to him.

so he said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."

So when he saw the crowds, he went up the hill and sat down; his disciples came up to him

Do not imagine I have come to destroy the Law or the prophets; I have not come to destroy but to fulfil.

(I tell you truly, till heaven and earth pass away not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until it is all in force.

You have heard how the men of old were told, 'Murder not: whoever murders must come up for sentence,

whoever maligns his brother must come before the San hedrin, whoever curses his brother must go to the fire of Gehenna.' But I tell you, whoever is angry with his brother [without cause] will be sentenced by God.

leave your gift at the very altar and go away; first be reconciled to your brother, then come back and offer your gift.

Beware of false prophets; they come to you with the garb of sheep but at heart they are ravenous wolves.

The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on rock.

The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, and down it fell ??with a mighty crash."

When he came down from the hill, he was followed by large crowds.

A leper came up and knelt before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cleanse me";

When he entered Capharnahum an army-captain came up to him and appealed to him,

He replied, "I will come and heal him."

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Many, I tell you, will come from east and west and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Realm of heaven,

Now when evening came they brought him many demoniacs, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all the invalids ??17 that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, He took away our sicknesses and he removed our diseases.

A scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you anywhere";

Now a heavy storm came on at sea, so that the boat was buried under the waves. He was sleeping.

They shrieked, "Son of God, what business have you with us? Have you come here to torture us before it is time?"

He said to them, "Begone!" So out they came and went to the swine, and the entire drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea and perished in the water.

Then all the town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to move out of their district.

Jesus was at table indoors, and many taxgatherers and sinners had come to be guests with him and his disciples.

Go and learn the meaning of this word, I care for mercy not for sacrifice. For I have not come to call just men but sinners."

Then the disciples of John came up to him and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast a great deal, and your disciples do not fast?"

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding mourn so long as the bride groom is beside them? A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast.

As he said this, an official came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter is just dead; do come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

Now a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his robe;

When he went indoors the blind men came up to him, and Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They said, "Yes, sir."

Now, when they bring you up for trial, do not trouble yourselves about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will come to you at the moment,

Do not imagine I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

Come, what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft raiment? The wearers of soft raiment are in royal palaces.

Come, why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied of it until John: ??14 if you care to believe it, he is the Elijah who is to come.

For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and men say, 'He has a devil';

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

Come to me, all who are labouring and burdened, and I will refresh you.

Whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come.

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

He was still speaking to the crowds when his mother and brothers came and stood outside; they wanted to speak to him.

and as he sowed some seeds fell on the road and the birds came and ate them up.

Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak in parables?"

but while men slept his enemy came and resowed weeds among the wheat and then went away.

It is less than any seed on earth, but when it grows up it is larger than any plant, it becomes a tree, so large that the wild birds come and roost in its branches."

Then he left the crowds and went indoors. And his disciples came up to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

His disciples came and removed the corpse and buried him; then they went and reported it to Jesus.

When evening fell, the disciples came up to him and said, "It is a desert place and the day is now gone; send off the crowds to buy food for themselves in the villages."

after he had dismissed the crowds he went up the hill by himself to pray. When evening came he was there alone,

Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is really you, order me to come to you on the water."

He said, "Come." Then Peter got out of the boat and walked over the water on his way to Jesus;

On crossing over they came to land at Gennesaret.

Then Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees have taken offence at what they hear you say?"

For out of the heart come evil designs, murder, adultery, sexual vice, stealing, false witness, and slander.

And a woman of Canaan came out of these parts and wailed, "Have pity on me, Lord, O Son of David! My daughter is cruelly possessed by a daemon."

But he made no answer to her. Then his disciples came up and pressed him, saying, "Send her away, she is wailing behind us."

But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, do help me."

And large crowds came to him bringing the lame, and the blind, the dumb, the maimed, and many others; they laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up and, in order to tempt him, asked him to show them a Sign from heaven.

Now when Jesus came to the district of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of man is?"

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me;

but Jesus came forward and touched them, saying, "Rise, have no fear."

The disciples inquired of him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

He replied, "Elijah to come and restore all things?

Nay, I tell you Elijah has already come, but they have not recognized him ??they have worked their will on him. And the Son of man will suffer at their hands in the same way."

When they reached the crowd, a man came up and knelt to him.

So Jesus checked the daemon and it came out of him, and from that hour the boy was healed.

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

When they reached Capharnahum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and asked Peter, "Does your teacher not pay the temple-tax?"

At that hour the disciples came and asked Jesus, "Who is greatest in the Realm of heaven?"

Woe to the world for hindrances! Hindrances have to come, but ??woe to the man by whom the hindrance does come!

Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often is my brother to sin against me and be forgiven? Up to seven times?"

Then the Pharisees came up to tempt him. They asked, "Is it right to divorce one's wife for any reason?"

Up came a man and said to him, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to gain life eternal?"

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell your property, give the money to the poor and you shall have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

And when he went out at five o'clock he came upon some others who were standing; he said to them, 'Why have you stood doing nothing all the day?'

Now when evening came the master of the vineyard said to his bailiff, 'Summon the labourers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going on to the first.'

When those who had been hired about five o'clock came, they got a shilling each.

So when the first labourers came up, they supposed they would get more; but they too got each their shilling.

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedaeus came up to him with her sons, praying him for a favour.

just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Hill of Olives, then Jesus despatched two disciples,

Blind and lame people came up to him in the temple and he healed them.

In the morning as he came back to the city he felt hungry,

and noticing a fig tree by the roadside he went up to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you after this!" And instantly the fig tree withered up.

When he entered the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you this authority?"

Where did the baptism of John come from? From heaven or from men?" Now they argued to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

But when the vinedressers saw his son they said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him and seize his inheritance!'

He sent his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they would not come.

Once more he sent some other servants, saying, 'Tell the invited guests, here is my supper all prepared, my oxen and fat cattle are killed, everything is ready; come to the marriage-banquet.'