Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud,

Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob,

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was in a furious rage, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all its region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.

Now John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'

"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.'

So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse.

Neither do they put new wine into old wineskins; if they do, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and so both are preserved."

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

And if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been instructed for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

"But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

So when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who would enter to go in.

And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

And if those days had not been shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.

Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.

The Son of Man goes just as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

they offered him wine to drink, mingled with gall; but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.

and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

Now John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.

And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and the tear is made worse.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins."

And they watched him closely, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

But others said, "It is Elijah." And others said, "It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old."

And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

And he would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple.

And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

For the Son of Man goes just as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

And those who passed by hurled insults at him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days,

And Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord."

On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him Zechariah after his father,

And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called.

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

And when he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom.

And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

He told them a parable also: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old one; if he does, he will tear the new garment, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.

And no one after drinking old wine desires the new; for he says, 'The old is better.'"

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.

And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner."

by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.

So they answered, "John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again."

Then he said to them all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

And an argument arose among them as to which of them would be the greatest.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves purses that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Now when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation;

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'

He answered, "I tell you, if these keep silent, the stones would cry out."

At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants, that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Then they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this.

As they drew near the village to which they were going, he acted as though he would be going farther,

Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"

Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.

But this he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each one of them to have a little."

But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray him.

After this Jesus went about in Galilee; he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

Then they said to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also."

Therefore I told to you that you would die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the things Abraham did,

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth from God; I have not come of my own accord, but he sent me.

But you have not known him; I know him. If I said, I do not know him, I would be a liar like you; but I do know him and keep his word.

The Jews then said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"

His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that he was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.

Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?"

He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

and not for that nation only, but also that he would gather together into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; and from now on you know him and have seen him."

You have heard me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for the Father is greater than I.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

This happened so that the words which he had spoken would be fulfilled, "Of those whom you gave me I have lost none."

They answered him, "If he were not an evildoer, we would not have handed him over to you."

This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken would be fulfilled, showing by what death he was going to die.

Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingship is not from here."

Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered me to you has the greater sin."

Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."