Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and make careful inquiry about the child, and as soon as you have found him bring me word, that I, too, may go and worship him."

Then Jesus went about through Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

"For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, inquiring what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor yet for your body, inquiring what you shall wear. Is not your life more than its food, and your body than its clothing?

"Why be anxious then about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin.

"Do not then be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own anxieties. Enough for each day are its own troubles."

When Jesus saw the great crowds about him, he had given directions to cross to the other side,

The swineherds fled. They went away into the city and told all about it, and what had befallen the demoniacs.

"But whenever they apprehend you, do not be anxious about how you shall speak or what you shall say; for it will be given you in that very hour what to say.

As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.

and such a great crowd gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the crowd stood on the beach.

After he had sent the people away and gone into the house, his disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

When Jesus heard it he went away privately by boat to a lonely spot; but the crowds heard about it, and followed him on foot from the cities.

Those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

and when the men of that country recognized him, they sent into all the country round about, and brought to him all the sick,

For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father, and his angels with him, and then will he reward each one in accordance with his actions.

While they were going down from the mountain, Jesus laid a command on them. "Speak to no man about the vision," he said, "until after the Son of man has been raised from the dead."

"Nay, I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they chose. Even so the Son of man also is about to suffer at their hands."

Then the disciples divined that he had been speaking to them about John, the Baptist.

As they continued going from place to place in Galilee, Jesus said to them. "The Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men;

"But whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung about his neck, and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.

It came about after Jesus had finished these teachings, that he removed from Galilee, and went to that part of Judea which lay across the Jordan.

"Why do you ask me about what is good?" asked Jesus. "There is but One who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

"About nine o'clock he went out and noticed some other workmen standing idle in the market-place;

"So they went. Again at noon, and about three o'clock, he went out and did the same thing.

"When he went out about five o'clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, "'Why have you been standing here idle, all the day long?'

When Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve aside by themselves, and as they went he said to them.

"None of you know what you are asking," said Jesus. "Can you drink the cup which I am about to drink?" "We can," they replied.

John's baptism, whence was it, from heaven or from man?" So they began debating about it among themselves.

"Listen to another parable: "A man who was a householder planted a vineyard, fenced it about, dug a wine vat in it, built a tower, then rented it to vine-dressers and went abroad.

As they listened to his parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees recognized that he was speaking about them;

"But woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces; for you do not enter, yourselves, nor do you permit those who are about to come in, to enter.

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

"In solemn truth I tell you that wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, what she has done shall be told about, as her memorial."

Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of fever, and without delay they told him about her.

Afterwards Jesus began to teach by the seaside, and a vast multitude of people gathered about him, so that he went on board a boat on the sea, and sat there, while all the people stayed on shore, at the water's edge.

When he was alone his followers and the Twelve began asking about the parables.

And he gave them leave. And out came the foul spirits and entered the swine; and the drove rushed down from the steep into the sea, in number about two thousand, and were choked in the sea.

So he went with him, and a great crowd followed him and thronged about him.

She had heard about Jesus, so she came in the crowd behind and touched his cloak.

Jesus, instantly conscious that the power within him had gone forth, turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

"You see the crowd thronging about you," said his disciples, "and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'"

But he kept looking about to see who had done it,

He, however, repeatedly cautioned them not to let any one know about it, and directed them to give her something to eat.

Send the people away so that they may go to the farms and villages about here, and buy themselves something to eat."

but when he saw them distressed in rowing (for the wind was against them), about the fourth watch of the night he went to them, walking upon the sea,

for they had not understood about the loaves; on the contrary their heart was hardened.

and began running over that whole country, and carrying the sick about on their beds, wherever they heard he was.

After he had left the crowd and gone indoors his disciples began asking him about the parable.

They that had eaten were about four thousand.

The man looked up and said, "I can make out the people, for as they move about, I see them like trees."

Then he strictly charged them not to say this about him to any one;

"Elijah does indeed first come," he said, "and restores all things, But how is it written about the Son of Man, that he will endure great suffering, and be rejected?

"And if any one shall cause one of these little ones who believe on me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown out into the sea with a great millstone about his neck.

On leaving that place Jesus came into the borders of Judea, on the other side of the Jordan, Once more the people flocked about him, and again, as usual, he began teaching them.

When indoors the disciples began to question Jesus again about this, and he said:

They were still on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus led the way; and they were amazed, and some, although they followed, were afraid. Then once more he took the Twelve, and began to tell them what was about to befall him.

And they kept seeking to lay hold on him, but were afraid of the crowd, for they knew well that he had spoken this parable about them; so they left him and went away.

But in regard to the rising again of the dead, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

and in his teaching he said: "Look out for the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes, and to receive salutations in the street, and to have prominent places in the synagogues,

"Tell us when these things shall be, and what shall be the sign that all these predictions are about to be fulfilled."

When, however, they are leading you all to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but whatever is given you in that hour, that say, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

And Jesus said to them. "All of you are about to stumble, for it is written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad.'"

But he began with curses an solemn oaths to say, "I do not know the man you are talking about."

So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and returned home.

and came on the eighth day to circumcise the child. They were about to call him "Zachariah," after his father,

And there came a great fear upon all in the neighborhood; and throughout the hill country of Judea all these sayings were much talked about.

When they had seen, they made known about the words which had been spoken to them concerning the child.

And John went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

And while the people were in expectation, and all men were debating in their hearts about John,

And Jesus himself when he began to teach was about thirty years of age. He was the son (as it was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

And the talk about him spread into every locality in the surrounding country.

But all the more the report about him continued to spread; and great crowds began to come together to hear him, and to be healed of their infirmities.

Then he looked round about on them in anger, and said to him, "Stretch out your hand!"

It happened about that time that he went out into the mountain to pray. He continued all night in prayer to God.

So when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to ask him to come and save his slave.

When John's messengers were gone he began to speak to the crowds about John, saying, "What went out you out to the desert to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?

for he had only one daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay dying. But as he went the crowds continued to press in on him.

(For there were about five thousand men.) "Make them sit down in table-companies, of about fifty each," he said to his disciples.

About eight days after this it happened that Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and went up on the mountain to pray.

These appeared in glory and talked about his departure which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

When the voice ceased Jesus was found alone. And they held their peace, and told no one at that time about what they had seen.

"Let these words sink into your ears; for the son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."

But they did not understand this saying; it was hidden from them so that they perceived it not, and they were sore afraid to ask him about his saying.

But Martha meanwhile was growing distracted about much serving. She came up to him and said: "Lord do you not care that my sister has left me alone to do the serving? Come tell her to take hold of her end of the work along with me."

"Martha, Martha," said Jesus, "you are anxious and worried about many things,

When the crowd were beginning to throng about him he proceeded to say. "This is an evil generation! It seeks a sign, and there shall be no sign be given to it except the sign of Jonah;

"And when they are bringing you before the synagogues and the rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you shall answer; or what you shall say;

"Let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning;

Now there were some present at that very season who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

"He called to him to him and said: "'What is this that I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can no longer be steward.'

"It were well for him if a millstone were tied about his neck, and he were hurled into the sea, rather than he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

So he ran on before him and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him; for he was about to pass that way.

"But that the dead are raised, even Moses clearly implied in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord. "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.

"Beware of the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes, and dote on salutations in the marketplaces, and on securing the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

And to some who were about the Temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones votive offerings, he said,

"Teacher, when will this be?" they asked him, "and what shall be the sign that these things are about to happen?"

"men lifeless through fear, and foreboding of that which is about to come upon the habitable earth. For the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,

But he himself withdrew from them about a stone's throw, kneeling down he prayed repeatedly, saying.

Those who were around him, when they saw what was about to happen, said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?"

But he denied it, saying, "Woman, I know nothing about him."