After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him."

He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: "I called my Son out of Egypt."

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then he called them.

So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.

I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own?

Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" so that they could accuse him.

Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!"

They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Now when Jesus finished these parables, he moved on from there.

And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.

And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

After going out from there, Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.

Not counting children and women, there were four thousand men who ate.

I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

He told them, "It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you."

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

Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

For there are some eunuchs who were that way from birth, and some who were made eunuchs by others, and some who became eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it."

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

Then Peter said to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?"

telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "Never again will there be fruit from you!" And the fig tree withered at once.

"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

The same day Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to him and asked him,

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe him.

Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

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

There will be two women grinding grain with a mill; one will be taken and one left.

and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.'

No,' they replied. 'There won't be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.'

And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

But they said, "Not during the feast, so that there won't be a riot among the people."

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

When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."

After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, "You really are one of them too -- even your accent gives you away!"

Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance.

Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

(Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

Then go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Listen, I have told you!"

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there."

The people there were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like the experts in the law.

Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.

He replied, "Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do."

So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.

Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds:

As Jesus was having a meal in Levi's home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

Then Jesus entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding.

They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind -- the one who had the "Legion" -- and they were afraid.

Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years.

He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area.

If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them.

Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread.

After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.

There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him."

After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice.

In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them,

There were about four thousand who ate. Then he dismissed them.

And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

and said to them, "Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

Some people standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"

Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) also came to him and asked him,

There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.

The second is: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."