Now these were the circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married it was found that she was about to become a mother through the influence of the holy Spirit.

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said to them, "Go and inquire particularly about the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, so that I may go and do homage to him too."

and said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down, for the Scripture says, " 'He will give his angels orders about you, And they will lift you up with their hands So that you may never strike your foot against a stone!' "

Word went all through Syria about him, and people brought to him all who were suffering with any kind of disease, or who were in great pain??emoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics??nd he cured them.

Great crowds followed him about, from Galilee and the Ten Towns and Jerusalem and Judea and from the other side of the Jordan.

Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about life, wondering what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, wondering what you will have to wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body than clothes?

Why should you worry about clothing? See how the wild flowers grow. They do not toil or spin,

So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries of its own. Let each day be content with its own ills.

And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew, and beat about that house, and it did not go down, for its foundations were on rock.

And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat about that house, and it went down, and its downfall was complete."

Then Jesus, seeing a crowd about him, gave orders to cross to the other side.

And the men who tended them ran away and went off to the town and told it all, and the news about the men possessed by demons.

But they went out and spread the news about him all over that part of the country.

And as you go about, preach and say, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'

But when they give you up, you must have no anxiety about how to speak or what to say, for you will be told at the very moment what you ought to say,

But as they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. "What was it that you went out into the desert to look at? A reed swaying in the wind?

For up to the time of John all the Prophets and the Law itself prophesied about it,

But to what can I compare this present age? It is like children sitting about in the bazaars and calling out to their playmates,

But the Pharisees left the synagogue and consulted about him, with a view to putting him to death.

But Jesus knew of this, and he left that place. And numbers of people followed him about, and he cured them all,

and warned them not to say anything about him

Therefore, I tell you, men will be forgiven for any sin or abusive speech, but abusive speech about the Spirit cannot be forgiven.

And such great crowds gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat down in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

At that time, Herod the governor heard the reports about Jesus,

There were about five thousand men who were fed, besides women and children.

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied finely about you when he said,

Why do you not see that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

As they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be handed over to men,

Again, I tell you, if even two of you here on earth agree about what they shall pray for, it will be given them by my Father in heaven.

And when he set about doing so, a man was brought in who owed him ten million dollars.

Great crowds followed him about and he cured them there.

But he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter that life, keep the commandments."

He went out about nine o'clock and saw others standing in the bazaar with nothing to do.

He went out again about twelve and about three, and did the same.

About five he went out and found others standing about and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing about here all day doing nothing?'

When those who were hired about five o'clock came they received a dollar apiece.

When Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve off by themselves, and said to them as they were on the way,

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his figures, they knew that he was speaking about them,

"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's."

Jesus answered, "Take care that no one misleads you about this.

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven nor the Son, but only the Father.

and knew nothing about it until the flood came and destroyed them all, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

His master said to him, 'Well done, my excellent, faithful slave! you have been faithful about a small amount; I will put a large one into your hands. Come, share your master's enjoyment!'

His master said to him, 'Well done, my excellent, faithful slave! you have been faithful about a small amount; I will put a large one into your hands. Come! share your master's enjoyment.'

And the high priest got up and said to him, "Have you no answer to make? What about their evidence against you?"

When it was morning, all the high priests and elders of the people held a consultation about Jesus, with a view to putting him to death.

Now while he was on the bench his wife sent to him to say, "Do not have anything to do with that upright man, for I have just had a painful experience in a dream about him."

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the barracks, and got the whole battalion together about him.

And about three, Jesus called out loudly, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?"

There they saw him and bowed down before him, though some were in doubt about it.

Simon's mother-in-law was in bed, sick with a fever, and they immediately told him about her.

saying to him, "See that you say nothing about this to anybody, but begone! show yourself to the priest, and in proof of your cure make the offerings for your purification which Moses prescribed."

But he went off and began to talk so much about it, and to spread the story so widely, that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in unfrequented places, and people came to him from every direction.

Then the Pharisees left the synagogue and immediately consulted with the Herodians about Jesus, with a view to putting him to death.

And looking around at the people sitting about him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

When he was by himself, those who stayed about him with the Twelve asked him about the figures he had used.

So he gave them permission. And the foul spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the drove of about two thousand rushed over the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned.

And those who had seen it told them what had happened to the demoniac, and all about the pigs.

When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him as he stood on the shore.

had heard about Jesus. And she came up in the crowd behind him and touched his coat,

And the little girl immediately got up and walked about, for she was twelve years old. The moment they saw it they were utterly amazed.

Herodias felt bitterly toward him and wanted him killed. But she could not bring it about,

for they had not understood about the loaves, but their minds were blinded.

The Pharisees gathered about him with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

But he said to them, "It was about you hypocrites that Isaiah prophesied so finely, in the words, " 'This people honor me with their lips, Yet their hearts are far away from me.

but a woman whose little daughter was possessed by a foul spirit immediately heard about him and came and threw herself at his feet.

And Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more they spread the news far and wide.

There were about four thousand of the people. And he dismissed them.

He looked up and said, "I can see people, for they look to me like trees, only they are moving about."

And he warned them not to say this about him to anyone.

Why, I tell you, not only has Elijah come, but people have treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."

And they brought the boy to him. As soon as the spirit saw him, it convulsed the boy, and he fell down on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

But they did not understand what he meant, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

And he left that place and went into the district of Judea and crossed the Jordan, and crowds of people again gathered about him, and again he taught them as he was accustomed to do.

When they reached the house the disciples asked him about this again.

The high priests and the scribes heard of this, and they cast about for a way of destroying him, for they were afraid of him, for all the people were amazed at what he taught.

And Peter remembered about it and said to him, "Look, Master! The fig tree that you cursed is withered up!"

Then they went into Jerusalem again. And as Jesus was walking about in the Temple, the high priests, scribes, and elders came up

But as to the dead being raised, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

And in the course of his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes and to be saluted with respect in public places,

And Jesus said to them, "Take care that no one misleads you about this.

When they are taking you off to trial do not worry beforehand about what you ought to say, but say whatever is given you when the time comes, for it is not you that will speak, but the holy Spirit.

But you must be on your guard; I have told you all about it beforehand.

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son; only the Father.

It was now two days before the festival of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. And the high priests and scribes were casting about for a way to arrest him by stealth and put him to death,

And a young man followed him with nothing but a linen cloth about his body; and they seized him,

Then the high priest got up and came forward into the center and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What about their evidence against you?"

But he began to swear with the strongest oaths, "I do not know this man that you are talking about!"

And they fled out of the tomb, for they were all trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing about it to anyone, for they were afraid to do so. AN ANCIENT APPENDIX But they reported briefly to Peter and his companions all they had been told. And afterward Jesus himself sent out by them from the east to the west the sacred and incorruptible message of eternal salvation. \b ANOTHER ANCIENT APPENDIX

so that you may be reliably informed about the things you have been taught.

So Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned home.

"Blessings on the Lord, the God of Israel, Because he has turned his attention to his people, and brought about their deliverance,

When they saw this, they told what had been said to them about this child.

She came up just at that time and gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were living in expectation of the liberation of Jerusalem.

Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his work. He was the son, it was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Eli,

Jesus returned from the Jordan full of the holy Spirit, and he was led about in the desert

for the Scripture says, 'He will give his angels orders about you, to protect you,'

When he got up and left the synagogue, he went to Simon's house. And Simon's mother-in-law was suffering with a severe attack of fever, and they asked him about her.

So he went about Judea, preaching in the synagogues.

Once as the crowd was pressing about him to hear God's message, he happened to be standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,