After he had thought about it, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," he said, "don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Now all this happened to fulfill what was declared by the Lord through the prophet when he said,

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."

He stayed there until Herod's death in order to fulfill what was declared by the Lord through the prophet when he said, "Out of Egypt I called my Son."

Then what was declared by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said,

"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."

and settled in a town called Nazareth in order to fulfill what was said by the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

He was the one the prophet Isaiah was referring to when he said, "He is a voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

Then a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him!"

Then the tempter came. "Since you are the Son of God," he said, "tell these stones to become loaves of bread."

in order to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

"You have heard that it was said, "You are not to commit adultery.'

"It was also said, "Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.'

"You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

"You have heard that it was said, "You must love your neighbor' and hate your enemy.

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

So Jesus reached out his hand, touched him, and said, "I do want to. Be clean!" And instantly his leprosy was made clean.

This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "It was he who took our illnesses away and removed our diseases."

When Jesus heard that, he said, "Healthy people don't need a physician, but sick people do.

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."

When Jesus turned and saw her, he said, "Be courageous, daughter! Your faith has made you well." And from that very hour the woman was well.

he said, "Go away! The young lady hasn't died, but is sleeping." But they ridiculed him with laughter.

Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith, let it be done for you!"

As soon as the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants.

This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man drives out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."

Then pointing with his hand at his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers,

Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, "Listen! A farmer went out to sow.

"He said, "No! If you pull out the weeds, you might pull out the wheat with them.

This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet when he said, "I will open my mouth to speak in parables. I will declare what has been hidden since the creation of the world."

Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me, right here on a platter, the head of John the Baptist."

When evening had come, the disciples went to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

He said, "Bring them to me."

Jesus said, "Come on!" So Peter got down out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came to Jesus.

Because God said, "You are to honor your father and your mother,' and, "Whoever curses father or mother must certainly be put to death.'

You hypocrites! How well did Isaiah prophesy of you when he said,

Jesus said, "Are you still so ignorant?

She said, "Yes, Lord. But even the puppies eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' tables."

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without food, or they may faint on the road."

Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

They said, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

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!"

and said, "Sir, have mercy on my son, because he is an epileptic and suffers terribly. Often he falls into fire and often into water.

Then he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom from heaven.

"But when that servant went away, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him, seized him by the throat, and said, "Pay what you owe!'

and said, "That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

Jesus, however, said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to people like these."

Jesus said, ""You must not murder, you must not commit adultery, you must not steal, you must not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,' and, "you must love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "For humans this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."

But Jesus called the disciples and said, "You know that the rulers of the unbelievers lord it over them and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

Now this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet when he said,

"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, "Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

Again Jesus spoke to them in parables. He said,

They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. They said, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere and that you teach the way of God truthfully. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance.

"Teacher, Moses said, "If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for his brother.'

As for the resurrection from the dead, haven't you read what was spoken to you by God when he said,

While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

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.'

"The one with two talents also came forward and said, "Master, you gave me two talents. See, I've earned two more talents.

"Then the one who had received one talent came forward and said, "Master, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you haven't planted and gathering where you haven't scattered any seed.

Then the master said, "Take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the ten talents,

But when the disciples saw this, they became irritated and said, "Why this waste?

He said, "Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, "The Teacher says, "My time is near. I will celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house."'"

While they were eating, he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, one of you is going to betray me."

Then Judas, who was going to betray him, asked, "Rabbi, I'm not the one, am I?" Jesus told him, "You have said so."

Peter told him, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!" And all the disciples said the same thing.

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

and stated, "This man said, "I can destroy the sanctuary of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

Jesus told him, "You have said so. Nevertheless I tell you, from now on you will see "the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power' and "coming on the clouds of heaven.'"

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Listen! You yourselves have just heard the blasphemy!

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."

Peter remembered the words of Jesus when he said, "Before a rooster crows, you'll deny me three times." Then he went outside and cried bitterly.

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."

Then what had been declared through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said, "They took the 30 pieces of silver, the value of the man on whom a price had been set by the Israelis,

Meanwhile, Jesus was made to stand in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him a message that said, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, because today I have suffered terribly due to a dream I had about him."

Pilate asked them, "Then what should I do with Jesus, who is called the Messiah?" They all said, "Let him be crucified!"

He trusts in God. Let God rescue him, if he wants to do so now. After all, he said, "I am the Son of God.'"

When some of the people standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling for Elijah."

When the centurion and those guarding Jesus with him saw the earthquake and the other things that were taking place, they were terrified and said, "This man certainly was the Son of God!"

and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said while he was still alive, "I will be raised after three days.'

Responding to the women, the angel said, "Stop being frightened! I know you're looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

He is not here. He has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

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

They said, "Say that Jesus' disciples came at night and stole him while you were sleeping.

He said, "The time is now! The kingdom of God is near! Repent, and keep believing the gospel!"

Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

He began teaching them many things in parables. While he was teaching them he said,

While he was still speaking, some people came from the synagogue leader's home and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?"

But when Jesus heard what they said, he told the synagogue leader, "Stop being afraid! Just keep on believing."

But when Herod heard about it, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised,"

because Herod was afraid of John. He knew that John was a righteous and holy man, and so he protected him. Whenever he listened to John, he did much of what he said. In fact, he liked listening to him.

When it was quite late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late.

Because Moses said, "Honor your father and your mother,' and, "Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death.'

Then he told her, "Because you have said this, go! The demon has left your daughter."

He asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" "Seven," they said.

They also had a few small fish. He blessed them and said that the fish should also be distributed.

The man looked up and said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking around."