The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

She will give birth to a son, and you are to name Him Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

but did not know her intimately until she gave birth to a son. And he named Him Jesus.

A voice was heard in Ramah,
weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
and she refused to be consoled,
because they were no more.

So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve Him.

As He was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before Him, saying, “My daughter is near death, but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

for she said to herself, “If I can just touch His robe, I’ll be made well!”

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

And prompted by her mother, she answered, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter!”

Yet He did not say a word to her. So His disciples approached Him and urged Him, “Send her away because she cries out after us.”

But she came, knelt before Him, and said, “Lord, help me!”

“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table!”

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons. She knelt down to ask Him for something.

“What do you want?” He asked her.

“Promise,” she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had married her.”

So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days:

The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not shed its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the celestial powers will be shaken.

a woman approached Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive fragrant oil. She poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table.

But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for Me.

By pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she has prepared Me for burial.

For this is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant approached him and she said, “You were with Jesus the Galilean too.”

So He went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.

and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door. Come and lay Your hands on her so she can get well and live.”

had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse.

Having heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His robe.

For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!”

Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was cured of her affliction.

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.

Then He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this and said that she should be given something to eat.

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

When Herodias’s own daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I’ll give it to you.”

Then she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?”

“John the Baptist’s head!” she said.

Immediately she hurried to the king and said, “I want you to give me John the Baptist’s head on a platter—right now!”

Now the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

But she replied to Him, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.

Also, if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be, since the seven had married her?”

For they all gave out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she possessed—all she had to live on.”

“But in those days, after that tribulation:

The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not shed its light;

While He was in Bethany at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.

Then Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing for Me.

She has done what she could; she has anointed My body in advance for burial.

He said to them, “This is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many.

When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.”

When the servant saw him again she began to tell those standing nearby, “This man is one of them!”

She went and reported to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping.

After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said,

But she was deeply troubled by this statement, wondering what kind of greeting this could be.

And consider your relative Elizabeth—even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless.

where she entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.

Then she exclaimed with a loud cry:

“You are the most blessed of women,
and your child will be blessed!

She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled!”

And Mary stayed with her about three months; then she returned to her home.

Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

Then she gave birth to her firstborn Son, and she wrapped Him snugly in cloth and laid Him in a feeding trough—because there was no room for them at the lodging place.

There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.

At that very moment, she came up and began to thank God and to speak about Him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad,
son of Shem, son of Noah,
son of Lamech,

So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and began to serve them.

Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was also with her.

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil

and stood behind Him at His feet, weeping, and began to wash His feet with her tears. She wiped His feet with the hair of her head, kissing them and anointing them with the fragrant oil.

When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”

Turning to the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she, with her tears, has washed My feet and wiped them with her hair.

You gave Me no kiss, but she hasn’t stopped kissing My feet since I came in.

You didn’t anoint My head with olive oil, but she has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.”

because he had an only daughter about 12 years old, and she was at death’s door.

While He was going, the crowds were nearly crushing Him.

A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years, who had spent all she had on doctors yet could not be healed by any,

When the woman saw that she was discovered, she came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she declared the reason she had touched Him and how she was instantly cured.

When Jesus heard it, He answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be made well.”

Everyone was crying and mourning for her. But He said, “Stop crying, for she is not dead but asleep.”

They started laughing at Him, because they knew she was dead.

Her spirit returned, and she got up at once. Then He gave orders that she be given something to eat.

She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to what He said.

But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, “Lord, don’t You care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.”

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world—

a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for over 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

Then He laid His hands on her, and instantly she was restored and began to glorify God.

Satan has bound this woman, a daughter of Abraham, for 18 years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

“Or what woman who has 10 silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

When she finds it, she calls her women friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’

yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice, so she doesn’t wear me out by her persistent coming.’”

For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

In the same way He also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood; it is shed for you.

When a servant saw him sitting in the firelight, and looked closely at him, she said, “This man was with Him too.”

“How is it that You, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” she asked Him. For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.

“I don’t have a husband,” she answered.

“You have correctly said, ‘I don’t have a husband,’” Jesus said.

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of what the woman said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.”

“No one, Lord,” she answered.

“Neither do I condemn you,” said Jesus. “Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”]

As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him. But Mary remained seated in the house.

“Yes, Lord,” she told Him, “I believe You are the Messiah, the Son of God, who comes into the world.”

Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

As soon as she heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.

The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. So they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to cry there.