The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

After hearing the king, they went on their way. And there it was—the star they had seen in the east! It led them until it came and stopped above the place where the child was.

For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!

Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him to be baptized.

In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Reach a settlement quickly with your adversary while you’re on the way with him, or your adversary will hand you over to the judge, the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.

In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

When He had come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met Him as they came out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

Now a long way off from them, a large herd of pigs was feeding.

This is the one it is written about:

Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You;
he will prepare Your way before You.

he does not have to honor his father.’ In this way, you have revoked God’s word because of your tradition.

Now Jesus summoned His disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry; otherwise they might collapse on the way.”

“But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

Since he had no way to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”

While going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the 12 disciples aside privately and said to them on the way:

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him. Tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him, but you, when you saw it, didn’t even change your minds then and believe him.

Although they were looking for a way to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because they regarded Him as a prophet.

They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality.

In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

In the same way, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near—at the door!

They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be:

In the same way the man with two earned two more.

and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill Him.

But I tell you, from this moment I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in My Father’s kingdom with you.”

How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him and said,

In the same way even the criminals who were crucified with Him kept taunting Him.

As they were on their way, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You,
who will prepare Your way.

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there.

On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking some heads of grain.

Again, leaving the region of Tyre, He went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis.

If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a long distance.”

Then they left that place and made their way through Galilee, but He did not want anyone to know it.

Then they came to Capernaum. When He was in the house, He asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?”

But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest.

“Go your way,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.” Immediately he could see and began to follow Him on the road.

Then the chief priests and the scribes heard it and started looking for a way to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished by His teaching.

Because they knew He had said this parable against them, they were looking for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left Him and went away.

When they came, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know You are truthful and defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality but teach truthfully the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

In the same way, when you see these things happening, know that He is near—at the door!

After two days it was the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a treacherous way to arrest and kill Him.

I assure you: I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it in a new way in the kingdom of God.”

In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes were mocking Him to one another and saying, “He saved others; He cannot save Himself!

When the centurion, who was standing opposite Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, “This man really was God’s Son!”

Then after this, He appeared in a different form to two of them walking on their way into the country.

And child, you will be called
a prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord
to prepare His ways,

to shine on those who live in darkness
and the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!

Every valley will be filled,
and every mountain and hill will be made low;
the crooked will become straight,
the rough ways smooth,

But He passed right through the crowd and went on His way.

When it was day, He went out and made His way to a deserted place. But the crowds were searching for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving them.

Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the mat through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! Take note—your reward is great in heaven, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.

Woe to you
when all people speak well of you,
for this is the way their ancestors
used to treat the false prophets.

Soon afterward He was on His way to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd were traveling with Him.

This is the one it is written about:

Look, I am sending My messenger
ahead of You;
he will prepare Your way before You.

(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.

He sent messengers ahead of Him, and on the way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make preparations for Him.

In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

As you are going with your adversary to the ruler, make an effort to settle with him on the way. Then he won’t drag you before the judge, the judge hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.

He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making His way to Jerusalem.

In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not say good-bye to all his possessions cannot be My disciple.

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.

And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”

And He told him, “Get up and go on your way. Your faith has made you well.”

So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way.

Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,

but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were captivated by what they heard.

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on Him that very hour, because they knew He had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

They questioned Him, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You don’t show partiality, but teach truthfully the way of God.

and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.

In the same way, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near.

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death, because they were afraid of the people.

In the same way He also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood; it is shed for you.

He went out and made His way as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.

Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord—just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

They left the town and made their way to Him.

Then Jesus replied, “I assure you: The Son is not able to do anything on His own, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does these things in the same way.

“I assure you: Anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the door but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

But if I am doing them and you don’t believe Me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand that the Father is in Me and I in the Father.”

He said this, and then He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m on My way to wake him up.”

If we let Him continue in this way, everyone will believe in Him! Then the Romans will come and remove both our place and our nation.”

You know the way to where I am going.”

“Lord,” Thomas said, “we don’t know where You’re going. How can we know the way?”

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

When He had said these things, one of the temple police standing by slapped Jesus, saying, “Is this the way you answer the high priest?”

After this, Jesus revealed Himself again to His disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed Himself in this way:

They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen Him going into heaven.”

But what God predicted through the mouth of all the prophets—that His Messiah would suffer—He has fulfilled in this way.