Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus.

“A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
And she refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more.”

He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and waited on Him.

While He was saying these things to them, a synagogue official came and bowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

for she was saying to herself, “If I only touch His garment, I will get well.”

The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

Having been prompted by her mother, she *said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us.”

But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

But she said, “Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She *said to Him, “Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right and one on Your left.”

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

so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table.

But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me.

For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial.

And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she waited on them.

and *implored Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live.”

and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse—

after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.

For she thought, “If I just touch His garments, I will get well.”

Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded.

and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.”

And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

But she answered and *said to Him, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children’s crumbs.”

And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left.

and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”

In the resurrection, when they rise again, which one’s wife will she be? For all seven had married her.”

for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on.”

While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.

But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me.

She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial.

and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and *said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.”

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

After these days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying,

But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was.

And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month.

And she cried out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”

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

And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers.

At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

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

And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately got up and waited on them.

Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.

And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume,

and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner.”

Turning toward 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 has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

You gave Me no kiss; but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss My feet.

You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.

For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But as He went, the crowds were pressing against Him.

When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed.

But when Jesus heard this, He answered him, “Do not be afraid any longer; only believe, and she will be made well.”

Now they were all weeping and lamenting for her; but He said, “Stop weeping, for she has not died, but is asleep.”

And they began laughing at Him, knowing that she had died.

And her spirit returned, and she got up immediately; and He gave orders for something to be given her to eat.

She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.

But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.”

The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,

And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.

And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God.

And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

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

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!’

There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me legal protection from my opponent.’

yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.’”

In the resurrection therefore, which one’s wife will she be? For all seven had married her.”

for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on.”

She *said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?

When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court.

She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more.”]

Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house.

She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world.”

When she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

And when she heard it, she *got up quickly and was coming to Him.

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

Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

Therefore Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.

Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

So she *ran and *came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”

But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb;

and she *saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.

And they *said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She *said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.”

When she had said this, she turned around and *saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.

Jesus *said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing Him to be the gardener, she *said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”

Jesus *said to her, “Mary!” She turned and *said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher).

And Peter responded to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for such and such a price?” And she said, “Yes, that was the price.”

And immediately she fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.