Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the LORD of hosts.

Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.

From him will come forth the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.

but he will say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.'

For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go out into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.

His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. The LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.

It will happen in that day, that living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter will it be.

All the land will be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon in the Negev. Jerusalem will be lifted up, and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.

It will happen in that day, that a great panic from the LORD will be among them; and they will lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor.

It will happen that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of booths.

For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says the LORD of hosts.

The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD of hosts. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'

and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called the Messiah.

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened like this. His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, and before they came together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

And she will bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, suddenly wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him,

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

and do not think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

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

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and suddenly the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

From that time, Jesus began to proclaim, and to say, "Repent. For the Kingdom of Heaven is near."

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

And great crowds from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.

For truly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the Law, until all things are accomplished.

And if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

Give to him who asks you, and do not turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

"Be careful that you do not do your righteousness before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from people. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Let us not come into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'

Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and look, the log is in your own eye?

By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

And then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'

And when he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.

And I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.

And suddenly all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

And as Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.

And as Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David."

And whoever does not receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

"Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,

And it happened that when Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and proclaim in their cities.

And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

And he departed from there and went into their synagogue.

But Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Many followed him, and he healed them all,

Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look, someone greater than Solomon is here.

Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever does not have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

So the servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where did these tares come from?'

So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

And it happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him."

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a secluded place to be alone. When the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

And they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.

But the boat was now many stadia from the land, distressed by the waves, for the wind was against it.

He said, "Come." Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.

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

But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

'These people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

And just then a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and started shouting, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is severely demonized."

But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."

Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith. Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord. This will never be done to you."

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Do not tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."

Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.

So he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."

He said, "Yes." When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?"

He said to him, "From strangers." Jesus said to him, "Therefore the children are exempt.

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into life crippled or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the fire of hell.

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you do not each forgive your brother from your heart."

It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

He answered, and said, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."

He placed his hands on them, and departed from there.

When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'

As they went out from Jericho, a great crowd followed him.

A very great crowd spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.