So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.

but did not know her intimately until she gave birth to a son. And he named Him Jesus.

And being warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another route.

So he got up, took the child and His mother during the night, and escaped to Egypt.

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

But John tried to stop Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and yet You come to me?”

But He answered, “It is written:

Man must not live on bread alone
but on every word that comes
from the mouth of God.”

and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:

He will give His angels orders concerning you,
and they will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.”

Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”

As He was walking along the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen.

“Don’t assume that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

For I assure you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass from the law until all things are accomplished.

“You have heard that it was said to our ancestors, Do not murder, and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.

“You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery.

“Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask Him.

And do not bring us into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
[For Yours is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.]

But if you don’t forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!

For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged.

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven.

because He was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.

“Lord,” the centurion replied, “I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following Him, “I assure you: I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith!

But when He heard this, He said, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do.

Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Then John’s disciples came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town.

because you are not speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.

When they persecute you in one town, escape to another. For I assure you: You will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

A disciple is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.

Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent.

Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

And if anyone is not offended because of Me, he is blessed.”

For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Then He proceeded to denounce the towns where most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent:

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”

how he entered the house of God, and they ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

If you had known what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.

He warned them not to make Him known,

He will not argue or shout,
and no one will hear His voice in the streets.

He will not break a bruised reed,
and He will not put out a smoldering wick,
until He has led justice to victory.

Anyone who is not with Me is against Me, and anyone who does not gather with Me scatters.

Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the one to come.

He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.

For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

For this reason I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and He would not speak anything to them without a parable,

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish,

And they were offended by Him.

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.”

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

since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful for you to have her!”

“They don’t need to go away,” Jesus told them. “You give them something to eat.”

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

It’s not what goes into the mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

These are the things that defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

Yet He did not say a word to her. So His disciples approached Him and urged Him, “Send her away because she cries out after us.”

Aware of this, Jesus said, “You of little faith! Why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread?

Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the yeast in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And Jesus responded, “Simon son of Jonah, you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it.

But He turned and told Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me because you’re not thinking about God’s concerns, but man’s.”

I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

[However, this kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting.]”

And if he finds it, I assure you: He rejoices over that sheep more than over the 99 that did not go astray.

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

“I tell you, not as many as seven,” Jesus said to him, “but 70 times seven.

So My heavenly Father will also do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from his heart.”

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.

His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry!”

But He told them, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those it has been given to.

“Which ones?” he asked Him. Jesus answered:

Do not murder;
do not commit adultery;
do not steal;
do not bear false witness;

He told them, “You will indeed drink My cup. But to sit at My right and left is not Mine to give; instead, it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

Then He left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

Jesus answered them, “I assure you: If you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you tell this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.

“Then he told his slaves, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.

Tell us, therefore, what You think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

“But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

And do not be called masters either, because you have one Master, the Messiah.

Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!

Then He replied to them, “Don’t you see all these things? I assure you: Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”

You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

A man on the housetop must not come down to get things out of his house.

And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.

Pray that your escape may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.

“If anyone tells you then, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Over here!’ do not believe it!