but after he had planned this, there appeared an angel of the Lord to him in a dream saying, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her comes from the holy Spirit.

After they had gone, there appeared an angel of the Lord to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt; stay there till I tell you. For Herod is going to search for the child and destroy him."

But when Herod died, there appeared an angel of the Lord in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

but on hearing that Archelaus reigned over Judaea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there and, by a divine injunction in a dream, withdrew to the region of Galilee.

Then going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedaeus and his brother John, mending their nets in the boat beside their father Zebedaeus. He called them,

For where your treasure lies, your heart will lie there too.

How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take out the splinter from your eye,' when there lies the plank in your own eye?

But the road that leads to life is both narrow and close, and there are few who find it.

while the sons of the Realm will pass outside, into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth."

He said to them, "Why are you afraid? How little you trust God!" Then he got up and checked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

When he reached the opposite side, the country of the Gadarenes, he was met by two demoniacs who ran out of the tombs; they were so violent that nobody could pass along the road there.

Now, some distance away, there was a large drove of swine grazing;

There a paralytic was brought to him, lying on a pallet; and when Jesus saw the faith of the bearers he said to the paralytic, "Courage, my son! your sins are forgiven."

As Jesus passed along from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me"; and he rose and followed him.

As Jesus passed along from there, he was followed by two blind men who shrieked, "Son of David, have pity on us!"

After finishing these instructions to his twelve disciples, Jesus removed from there to teach and preach among their towns.

how he went into the house of God, and there they ate the loaves of the Presence which neither he nor his men were allowed to eat, but only the priests?

Then he moved on from there and went into their synagogue.

Now a man with a withered hand was there; so in order to get a charge against him they asked him, "Is it right to heal on the sabbath?"

He said to them, "Is there a man of you with one sheep, who will not catch hold of it and lift it out of a pit on the sabbath, if it falls in?

Then it goes off to fetch seven other spirits worse than itself; they go in and dwell there, and the last state of that man is worse than the first. This is how it will be with the present evil generation."

and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

and fling them into the furnace of fire; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

Now when Jesus had finished these parables he set out from there,

There he could not do many miracles owing to their lack of faith.

after he had dismissed the crowds he went up the hill by himself to pray. When evening came he was there alone,

Going away from there Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

Then Jesus removed from that country and went along the sea of Galilee; he went up the hillside and sat there.

I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Son of man coming himself to reign."

There appeared to them Moses and Elijah, who conversed with Jesus.

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you truly, if you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you could say to this hill, 'Move from here to there,' and remove it would; nothing would be impossible for you."

For where two or three have gathered in my name, I am there among them."

Large crowds followed him and he healed them there.

The disciples said to him, "If that is a man's position with his wife, there is no good in marrying."

There are eunuchs who have been eunuchs from their birth, there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Realm of heaven. Let anyone practice it for whom it is practicable."

Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a wine-vat inside it, and built a watchtower: then he leased it to vinedressers and went abroad.

Now when the king came in to view his guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in a wedding-robe.

Then said the king to his servants, 'Take him hand and foot, and throw him outside, out into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

That same day some Sadducees came up to him, men who hold there is no resurrection. They put this question to him:

Now there were seven brothers in our number. The first married and died; as he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

There is a second like it: you must love your neighbour as yourself.

For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be famines and earthquakes here and there.

for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now ??no and never shall be.

If anyone tells you at that time, 'Here is the Christ!' or, 'there he is!' do not believe it;

Wherever the body lies, there will the vultures gather.

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

he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of the impious. There men will wail and gnash their teeth.

But the sensible replied, 'No, there may not be enough for us and for you. Better go to the dealers and buy for yourselves.'

So I was afraid; I went and hid your two hundred and fifty pounds in the earth. There's your money!'

Throw the good-for-nothing servant into the darkness outside; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, "Sit here till I go over there and pray."

When he went out to the gateway another maidservant noticed him and said to those who were there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

and sat down there to keep watch over him.

There were also a number of women there looking on from a distance, women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and waited on him,

Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

Now be quick and go to his disciples, tell them he has risen from the dead and that 'he precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there.' That is my message for you."

then Jesus said to them, "Have no fear! Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee; they shall see me there."

Now there was a man with an unclean spirit in their synagogue, who at once shrieked out,

He was praying there when Simon and his companions hunted him out

but he said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the adjoining country-towns, so that I may preach there as well; that is why I came out here."

and a large number at once gathered, till there was no more room for them, not even at the door. He was speaking the word to them,

Now there were some scribes sitting there who argued in their hearts,

Now Levi was at table in his own house, and he had many taxgatherers and sinners as guests along with Jesus and his disciples ??for there were many of them among his followers.

Again he entered the synagogue. Now a man was there whose hand was withered,

there was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter,

there was a crowd sitting round him, and he was told, "Here are your mother and brothers and sisters wanting you outside."

And glancing at those who were sitting round him in a circle he said, "There are my mother and my brothers!

As for those 'on the road,' when the seed is sown there ??as soon as they hear it, Satan at once comes and carries off the word sown within them.

And he woke up, checked the wind, and told the sea, "Peace, be quiet." The wind fell and there was a great calm.

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he said, "there is a host of us."

Now a large drove of swine was grazing there on the hillside;

And Jesus gave them leave. Then out came the unclean spirits and entered the swine, and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea (there were about two thousand of them) and in the sea they were drowned.

And there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years ??26 she had suffered a great deal under a number of doctors and had spent all her means but was none the better; in fact she was rather worse.

Leaving there he went to his native place, followed by his disciples.

There he could not do any miracle, beyond laying his hands on a few sick people and curing them.

Also, he told them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there till you leave the place.

And he said to them, "Come away to some lonely spot and get a little rest" (for there were many people coming and going, and they could get no time even to eat).

However a number of people who saw them start and recognized them, got to the place before them by hurrying there on foot from all the towns.

Leaving there, he went away to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and wished no one to know of it, but he could not escape notice;

(There were about four thousand of them.) Then he sent them away,

I tell you truly," he said, to them, "there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the coming of God's Reign with power."

And suddenly looking round they saw no one there except Jesus all alone beside them.

On leaving there they passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know of their journey,

Salt is excellent: but if salt is tasteless, how are you to restore its flavour? Let there be 'salt between you'; be at peace with one another."

Jesus looked at him and loved him. "There is one thing you want," he said; "go and sell all you have; give the money to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, take up the cross, and follow me."

Then Peter remembered. "Rabbi," he said, "there is the fig tree you cursed, all withered!"

Sadducees, men who hold there is no resurrection, also came up and put a question to him.

Now there were seven brothers. The first married a wife and died leaving no offspring:

The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other command greater than these."

The scribe said to him, "Right, teacher! You have truly said, He is One, and there is none else but Him.

For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be earthquakes here and there, and famines too. All that is but the beginning of the trouble.

If anyone tells you at that time, 'Look, here is the Christ,' or, 'Look, there he is,' do not believe it;

and whatever house he goes into, tell the owner that the Teacher says, 'Where is my room, that I may eat the passover there with my disciples?'

He will show you a large room upstairs, with couches spread, all ready; prepare the passover for us there."

They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests and scribes and elders met there with him.

(There was a man called Bar-Abbas in prison, among the rioters who had committed murder during the insurrection.)

There were some women also watching at a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,

Go you and tell his disciples and Peter, 'He precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there, as he told you.'"

In the days of Herod king of Judaea there was a priest called Zechariah, who belonged to the division of Abijah; he had a wife who belonged to the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and to his reign there will be no end."