"I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming," says the Lord who rules over all.

"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

"In Bethlehem of Judea," they said, "for it is written this way by the prophet:

And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

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."

For he is the one about whom Isaiah the prophet had spoken: "The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'"

"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles --

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored,

"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.

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

In this way what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled: "He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases."

When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

This is the one about whom it is written: 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

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!"

It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way."

And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands."

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

Jesus said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

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."

And he placed his hands on them and went on his way.

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,

It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.

They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality.

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

In the same way, the one who had two gained two more.

How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?"

But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest's courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.

In the same way even the chief priests -- together with the experts in the law and elders -- were mocking him:

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'"

"Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.

If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance."

Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?"

But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

When they came they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone's favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?"

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

In the same way even the chief priests -- together with the experts in the law -- were mocking him among themselves: "He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

After this he appeared in a different form to two of them while they were on their way to the country.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one shouting 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 brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth,

And in this way, with many other exhortations, John proclaimed good news to the people.

But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.

Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.

This is the one about whom it is written, 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.'

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

Then Jesus traveled throughout towns and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.

Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem.'

If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

In the same way, I tell you, 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 he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.

Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

Then he said to the man, "Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well."

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.

but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.

Thus they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

and then the third married her, and in this same way all seven died, leaving no children.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.

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

John said, "I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live.

"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation."

And you know the way where I am going."

Thomas said, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?"

Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest's officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"

and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven."

But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets -- that his Christ would suffer -- he has fulfilled in this way.

You don't want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?'

Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

But the magician Elymas (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.