Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men [and] determined precisely from them the time [when] the star appeared.

Then Herod, [when he] saw that he had been deceived by the wise men, became very angry, and he sent [soldiers] [and] executed all the children in Bethlehem and in all the region [around] it from [the age of] two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined precisely from the wise men.

Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, saying,

Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan were going out to him,

I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I [am], whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John in order to be baptized by him.

But Jesus answered [and] said to him, "Permit [it] now, for in this way it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted him.

Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil,

and [after he] had fasted forty days and forty nights, then he was hungry.

Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the highest point of the temple

Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan, for it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and began ministering to him.

leave your gift there before the altar and first go be reconciled to your brother, and then come [and] present your gift.

And if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw [it] from you! For it is better for you that one of your members be destroyed than your whole body be thrown into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw [it] from you! For it is better for you that one of your limbs be destroyed than your whole body go into hell.

"For this [reason] I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body [more than] clothing?

Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather [produce] into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they [are]?

Hypocrite! First remove the beam of wood from your [own] eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye!

And then {I will say to them plainly}, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!'

And he said to them, "Why are you fearful, [you] of little faith?" Then he got up [and] rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm.

But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your stretcher and go to your home."

Then the disciples of John approached him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?"

And Jesus said to them, "{The bridegroom's attendants} are not able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them. But days are coming when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be done for you."

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest [is] plentiful, but the workers [are] few.

Truly I say to you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

Therefore do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and even more than a prophet!

Truly I say to you, among [those] born of women there has not arisen [one] greater than John the Baptist. But the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Then he began to reproach the towns in which the majority of his miracles had been done, because they did not repent:

Nevertheless I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and for Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!

Nevertheless I tell you that it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!"

But I tell you that [something] greater than the temple is here!

Then to what degree [is] a man worth more than a sheep? So then, it is permitted to do good on the Sabbath."

Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand," and he stretched [it] out, and it was restored [as] healthy as the other [one].

Then a demon-possessed man [who was] blind and mute was brought to him. And he healed him so that the [man who was] mute could speak and see.

And if Satan expels Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

But if I expel demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you!

Or how can someone enter into the house of a strong [man] and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong [man]? And then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you!"

The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, [something] greater than Jonah [is] here!

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 behold, [something] greater than Solomon [is] here!

Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came out.' And [when it] arrives it finds [the house] unoccupied and swept and put in order.

Then it goes and brings along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first. So it will be for this evil generation also!"

So when the {wheat} sprouted and yielded grain, then the darnel appeared also.

So the slaves of the master of the house came [and] said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have darnel?'

And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' So the slaves said to him, 'Then do you want us to go [and] gather them?'

{It} is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown it is larger than the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches."

Then he left the crowds [and] came into the house, and his disciples came to him saying, "Explain the parable of the darnel in the field to us."

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears, let him hear!

And are not all his sisters with us? From where then did this man [get] all these [things]?"

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

Then the disciples came [and] said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended [when they] heard this saying?"

Then Jesus answered [and] said to her, "O woman, your faith [is] great! Let it be done for you as you want." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

So then the crowd was astonished [when they] saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was the Christ.

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

And the disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.

Then the disciples approached Jesus privately [and] said, {Why} were we not able to expel it?"

And [when he] said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free.

At that time the disciples came up to Jesus, saying, "Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw [it] from you! It is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire!

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw [it] from you! It is better for you to enter into life one-eyed than, having two eyes, to be thrown into fiery hell!

And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away.

Then Peter came up to him [and] said, "Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I will forgive him? Up to seven times?"

Then the slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to do obeisance to him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything to you!'

Then his fellow slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to implore him, saying, 'Be patient with me and I will repay you!'

Then his master summoned him [and] said to him, 'Wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me!

So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."

They said to him, "Why then did Moses command [us] to give a document--a certificate of divorce--and to divorce her?"

Then children were brought to him so that he could lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

And again I say to you, it is easier [for] a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich person into the kingdom of God."

So [when] the disciples heard [this], they were extremely amazed, saying, "Then who can be saved?"

Then Peter answered [and] said to him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will there be for us?"

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, [and] kneeling down [she] asked something from him.

And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

From where was the baptism of John--from heaven or from men?" And they began to discuss [this] among themselves, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first [ones], and they did the same [thing] to them.

Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding celebration is ready, but those who had been invited were not worthy.

Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie him up {hand and foot} [and] throw him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

Then the Pharisees went {and consulted} so that they could entrap him with a statement.

They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!"

He said to them, "How then does David, by the Spirit, call him 'Lord,' saying,

If then David calls him 'Lord,' how is he his son?"

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,

"Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

And then many will be led into sin and will betray one another and will hate one another,

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

"then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.

"Who then is the faithful and wise slave whom the master has put in charge of his household slaves to give them their food at the right time?

"Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins who took their lamps [and] went out to meet the bridegroom.

Then all those virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and [when I] returned I would have gotten back [what was] mine with interest!

Now when the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, [you] who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!