For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

When Herodias’s own daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I’ll give it to you.”

He swore with an oath to her, "I'll give you anything you ask for, up to half of my kingdom."

And he ordered them to make all lie down in companies upon the green grass.

And they lay down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.

And wherever He came into villages, or cities, or the countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places and pleading with Him [to allow them] just to touch the fringe (tassel with a blue cord) of His robe; and all who touched it were healed.

Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'

For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.

since it does not enter his heart, but [only] his stomach, and [from there it] is eliminated?” (By this, He declared all foods ceremonially clean.)

And when she had come to her house, she found the demon had gone out, and her daughter lay on the couch.

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.

If I send them away to their homes hungry, they'll faint on the road. Some of them have come a long distance."

And he ordered the multitude to lie down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.

Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them.

After screaming out and throwing him into a terrible convulsion, it came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse [so still and pale] that many [of the spectators] said, “He is dead!”

Some Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion] came to Him [and attempted] to test Him by asking, "Is it permissible by the law of Moses for a man to divorce his wife?"

"What rule did Moses lay down for you?" He answered.

But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of hearts [your callousness and insensitivity toward your wives and the provision of God] he wrote you this precept.

Then they brought young children to him, that he might lay his hands upon them: but his disciples rebuked those that presented them.

You know the Commandments--'Do not murder;' 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Do not defraud;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"

And Jesus, looking on him, loved him, and said to him: One thing you lack; go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and fol low me.

Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

-- 'Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations,

and they'll make fun of him, spit on him, whip him, and kill him. But after three days he'll be raised."

for the son of man himself is not come to receive the services of men, but to do them service, and to lay down his life a ransom for many.

The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

and Peter having remembered saith to him, 'Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that thou didst curse is dried up.'

They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

Jesus told them, "I'll ask you one question. Answer me, and then I'll tell you by what authority I'm doing these things.

They began discussing this among themselves. "If we say, "From heaven,' he'll say, "Then why didn't you believe him?'

Jesus began speaking to them [i.e., to the leading priests and experts in the law of Moses (See 11:

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and have no personal bias toward anyone; for You are not influenced by outward appearances or social status, but in truth You teach the way of God. Is it lawful [according to Jewish law and tradition] to pay the poll-tax to [Tiberius] Caesar, or not?

but he, perceiving their hypocrisy, said to them, why do you lay snares for me?

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us [a law] that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but leaves no child, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.

And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?

The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

The expert in the law said to him, "That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him.

While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, "How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David's son?

In his teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,

For they all gave of what they had to spare, but she in her want has put in everything she possessed??ll she had to live on."

See to yourselves! They will betray you to courts of law; and you will be taken to Synagogues and beaten; and you will be brought up before governors and kings for my sake, that you may bear witness before them.

And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

and ye, take heed; lo, I have foretold you all things.

He'll send out his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven."

Now it was the Passover and the Unleavened cakes , after two days. And the High-priests and Scribes were seeking, how, with guile, they might secure, and lay him;

because they kept saying, "This must not happen during the festival. Otherwise, there'll be a riot among the people."

And when he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he lay at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and having broken the alabaster flask, she poured it out upon his head.

because you'll always have the destitute with you and can help them whenever you want, but you won't always have me.

And as they lay at table and were eating, Jesus said, Verily I say to you, One of you shall deliver me up; he who is eating with me.

I tell all of you with certainty, I'll never again drink the product of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

However, after I've been raised, I'll go to Galilee ahead of you."

Jesus told him, "I tell you with certainty, today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you'll deny me three times."

But Peter kept saying emphatically, "Even if I have to die with you, I'll never deny you!" And all the others kept saying the same thing.

And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, 'Sleep on henceforth, and rest -- it is over; the hour did come; lo, the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful;

Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.

Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.

and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them, saying, 'Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him, and lead him away safely,'

daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold on me -- but that the Writings may be fulfilled.'

And a certain young man followed with him, having a linen cloth cast about him, over his naked body : and they lay hold on him;

Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.

Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

And Pilate again questioned him, saying, 'Thou dost not answer anything! lo, how many things they do testify against thee!'

And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

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!

And certain of those standing by, having heard, said, 'Lo, Elijah he doth call;'

And he saith to them, 'Be not amazed, ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified: he did rise -- he is not here; lo, the place where they laid him!

Afterwards as they lay at table he was manifested to the eleven, and reproached them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him risen.

These are the signs that will accompany those who believe: In my name they'll drive out demons, they'll speak in new languages,

They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the law blameless.

and lo, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou didst not believe my words, that shall be fulfilled in their season.'

and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

And the angel answered and said unto her, The holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee, and therefore thine holy offspring shall be called the Son of God: and lo,

and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

And Mary said, 'Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

for He hath regarded the low estate of his handmaid:

For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

And it happened on the eighth day [i.e., since the baby was born] that they came to circumcise the child [i.e., to perform the Jewish rite of identity, signifying the responsibility to observe the law of Moses]. And they [i.e., probably the neighbors and/or relatives of Elizabeth and Zacharias] suggested that they name him Zacharias, after his father.

and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, 'What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.

And there were in the same country shepherds out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night: and lo,

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the messenger said to them, 'Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people --

So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger.

Eight days later it was time to circumcise Jesus [i.e., to perform the Jewish rite of identity, signifying the responsibility to observe the law of Moses], and they named Him Jesus, which was the name given by the angel before He was [even] conceived.

And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name is Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,

And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Lo, this child is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against;

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, 'Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.'