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.

After they went into the house and saw the child with his mother Mary, they fell down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasure sacks and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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

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!

The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree that isn't producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

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.'"

He told Jesus, "I will give you all these things if you will bow down and worship me!"

People don't light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

If you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?

And if you greet only your relatives, that's no great thing you're doing, is it? Even the unbelievers do the same, don't they?

So whenever you give to the poor, don't blow a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they will be praised by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

so that your giving may be done in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

"And whenever you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

"When you are praying, don't say meaningless things like the unbelievers do, because they think they will be heard by being so wordy.

Don't be like them, because your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

May your kingdom come. May your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

"Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

Look at the birds in the sky. They don't plant or harvest or gather food into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. You are more valuable than they are, aren't you?

And why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies in the field and how they grow. They don't work or spin yarn,

"So don't ever worry by saying, "What are we going to eat?' or "What are we going to drink?' or "What are we going to wear?'

Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.

When Jesus came down from the hillside, large crowds followed him.

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

Then Jesus told him, "See to it that you don't speak to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer the sacrifice that Moses commanded as proof to the authorities."

"Go," Jesus told the centurion, "and it will be done for you, just as you have believed." And his servant was healed that very hour.

He told them, "Go," and they came out and went into the pigs. Suddenly, the whole herd rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.

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

Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

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."

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

These were the Twelve whom Jesus sent out after he had given them these instructions: "Don't turn on to the road that leads to the unbelievers, and don't enter Samaritan towns.

Don't take any gold, silver, or copper in your moneybags,

"Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is receptive in it and stay there until you leave.

If no one welcomes you or listens to your words, as you leave that house or town, shake its dust off your feet.

I tell all of you with certainty, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!"

When they hand you over, don't worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say, because in that hour what you are to say will be given to you.

So when they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, because I tell all of you with certainty that you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

"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.

"Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.

That day Jesus left the house and sat down beside the sea.

Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the entire crowd stood on the shore.

That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'

When it was full, the fishermen hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sorted the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away.

told his servants, "This is John the Baptist! He has been raised from the dead, and that's why these miracles are being done by him."

Under pressure because of his promises and his assembled guests, the king ordered that it be done.

But Jesus told them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."

They told him, "We don't have anything here except five loaves of bread and two fish."

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.

Shortly before dawn, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.

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

"Why do your disciples disregard the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands when they eat."

Don't you know that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and then is expelled as waste?

Then she came and fell down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

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

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."

Ordering the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Knowing this, Jesus asked them, "You who have little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you don't have any bread?

Don't you understand yet? Don't you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected,

The Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to what he has done.

On their way down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, "Don't tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead."

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

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."

Furthermore, I tell all of you with certainty that if two of you agree on earth about anything you request, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven,

Then the servant fell down and bowed low before him, saying, "Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything!'

Then his fellow servant fell down and began begging him, "Be patient with me and I will repay you!'

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor.

Jesus replied, "You don't realize what you're asking. Can you drink from the cup that I'm going to drink from?" They told him, "We can."

When the ten heard this, they became furious with the two brothers.

Many people in the crowd spread their own coats on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

But when the high priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he had done and the children shouting in the Temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became furious

Jesus answered them, "I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you be able to do what has been done to the fig tree, but you will also say to this mountain, "Be removed and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen.

So they told Jesus, "We don't know." He in turn told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

His son replied, "I don't want to,' but later he changed his mind and went.

So go into the roads leading out of town and invite as many people as you can find to the wedding.'

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.

Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power,

so do whatever they tell you and follow it, but stop doing what they do, because they don't do what they say.

And don't call anyone on earth "Father,' because you have only one Father, the one in heaven.

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom from heaven in people's faces. You don't go in yourselves, and you don't allow those who are trying to enter to go in.

"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.

But he told them, "You see all these things, don't you? I tell all of you with certainty, there isn't a single stone here that will be left standing on top of another. They will all be torn down."

Anyone who's on the housetop must not come down to get what is in his house,

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here's the Messiah!' or "There he is!', don't believe it,

So if they say to you, "Look! He's in the wilderness,' don't go out looking for him. And if they say, "Look! He's in the storeroom,' don't believe it,

"So keep on watching, because you don't know on what day your Lord is coming.

"At that time, the kingdom from heaven will be comparable to ten bridesmaids who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the groom.

Since the groom was late, all of them became sleepy and lay down.

"But he replied, "I tell all of you with certainty, I don't know you!'

So keep on watching, because you don't know the day or the hour."

"His master told him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you've been trustworthy with a small amount, I'll put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master's joy!'

"His master told him, "Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you've been trustworthy with a small amount, I'll put you in charge of a large amount. Come and share your master's joy!'

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

But knowing this, Jesus asked them, "Why are you bothering the woman? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

I tell all of you with certainty, wherever this gospel is proclaimed throughout the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her."

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over there and pray."

He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot go away unless I drink it, let your will be done."

Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?

Peter, however, followed him at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard. He went inside and sat down with the servants to see how this would end.

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