and Hezekiah of Manasseh, and Manasseh of Amon, and Amon of Josiah,

" 'And you, Bethlehem in Judah's land, You are by no means least important among the leading places of Judah, For from you will come a leader Who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.' "

Then he went all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or sickness among the people.

Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

Jesus went round among all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or illness.

Jesus sent these twelve out, after giving them these directions: "Do not go among the heathen, or to any Samaritan town,

"Here I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So you must be wise like serpents, and guileless like doves.

"I tell you, among men born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has ever appeared. And yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of Heaven are greater than he.

And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.

But he said to them, "Who among you if he has even a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

And some of it fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it out.

And what was sown among the thorns means the man who listens to the message, and then the worries of the time and the pleasure of being rich choke the message out, and it yields nothing.

but while people were asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

That is what will happen at the close of the age. The angels will go out and remove the wicked from among the upright,

And do not all his sisters live here among us? Then where did he get all this?"

He called a child to him and had him stand among them,

For wherever two or three are gathered as my followers, I am there among them."

It is not to be so among you, but whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be your slave,

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw among them a man who did not have on wedding clothes.

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first of them married and died, and as he had no children, he left his wife to his brother;

But he who is greatest among you must be your servant.

For you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.

And Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest's house, and he went inside and sat down among the attendants to see how it came out.

And they crucified him and divided up his clothes among them by drawing lots,

among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

So they took the money and did as they were told. And this story has been current among the Jews ever since.

And he remained in the desert for forty days, and Satan tried to tempt him there; and he was among the wild animals; but the angels waited on him.

He was at table in his house, with many tax-collectors and irreligious people who were at table with him and his disciples, for there were many of them among his followers.

Some of the seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it out, and it yielded no grain.

It is different with those sown among the thorns. They are people who listen to the message,

This man lived among the tombs, and no one could any longer secure him even with a chain,

and night and day he was always shrieking among the tombs and on the hills and cutting himself with stones.

And they implored him, "Send us among the pigs, let us go into them."

Is he not the carpenter, Mary's son, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And do not his sisters live here among us?"

And they took offense at him. Jesus said to them, "A prophet is treated with honor everywhere except in his native place and among his relatives and at his home."

And he wondered at their want of faith. Then he went around among the villages teaching.

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed the loaves and broke them in pieces and gave them to the disciples to pass to the people; and he divided the two fish among them all.

And he took a child and made him stand among them, and he put his arms around him, and said to them,

but it is not to be so among you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to hold the first place among you must be everybody's slave.

For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you please you can do for them, but you will not always have me.

I have been among you day after day in the Temple teaching, and you never seized me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled!"

There was in prison a man called Barabbas, among some revolutionaries who in their outbreak had committed murder.

There were some women also watching from a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome,

Many writers have undertaken to compose accounts of the movement which has developed among us,

They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who bears that name."

They supposed that he was somewhere in the party, and traveled until the end of the first day's journey, and then they looked everywhere for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

And on the third day they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions,

And as they could find no way to get him in, on account of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his mat through the tiles, among the people in front of Jesus.

And they were all overcome with awe, and they praised God, and said, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has not forgotten his people!"

"I tell you, among men born of women there is none greater than John; and yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of God are greater than he.

Soon afterward he went about among the villages and towns preaching and telling the good news of the Kingdom of God. The Twelve went with him,

And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out.

And what falls among the thorns means those who listen and pass on, and the worries and wealth and pleasures of life stifle them and they yield nothing.

A discussion arose among them as to which of them would be the greatest.

and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes him who has sent me. For it is the lowliest among you all who is really great."

Now go. Here I send you out like lambs among wolves.

And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead!

So he went about among the towns and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.

Then he said to them, "Who among you, if his child or his ox falls into a well, will not pull him out at once on the Sabbath?"

And the master said to the slave, 'Go out on the roads, and among the hedges, and make them come so that my house may be full.

What man among you if he wishes to build a tower does not first sit down and estimate the cost of it, to see whether he has enough to complete it?

"What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go in search of the one that is lost, until he finds it?

In just that way, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God over one sinful person who repents!"

"What man among you, if he has a servant ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down at the table,'

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

They will fall by the edge of the sword, and be carried off as prisoners among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the heathen, until the time of the heathen comes.

There will be signs too in sun, moon, and stars, and on earth dismay among the heathen, bewildered at the roar of the sea and the waves.

And when he was handed a cup, he thanked God, and then said, "Take this and share it among you, for I tell you,

A dispute also arose among them, as to which one of them ought to be considered the greatest.

But you are not to do so, but whoever is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and the leader like a servant.

For which is greater, the man at the table, or the servant who waits on him? Is not the man at the table? Yet I am like a servant among you.

When I was among you day after day in the Temple you never laid a hand on me! But you choose this hour, and the cover of darkness!"

And they kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat about it, and Peter sat down among them.

And they divided up his clothes among them by drawing lots for them,

The women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive?

While they were still talking of these things, he himself stood among them.

So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.

Among the Pharisees there was a man named Nicodemus, a leader among the Jews.

"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish, but what is that among so many people?"

Then Jesus took the loaves, and gave thanks, and distributed them among the people who were resting on the ground, and in the same way as much of the fish as they wanted.

and there was a great deal of muttering about him among the crowds, some saying that he was a good man, and others that he was not, but was imposing on the people.

Then the Jews said to one another, "Where is he going, that we shall not find him? Is he going to our people scattered among the Greeks, and will he teach the Greeks?

Who among you can prove me guilty of sin? But if I tell you the truth, why do you refuse to believe me?

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man show such signs as this?" And there was a division of opinion among them.

These words caused a fresh division of opinion among the Jews.

In consequence of this, Jesus did not appear in public among the Jews any longer, but he left that neighborhood and went to the district near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

for you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."

There were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the festival,

But for all the signs he had shown among them, they refused to believe in him,

Yet for all that, even among the leading men, many came to believe in him, but on account of the Pharisees they would not acknowledge it, for fear of being excluded from the synagogues,

They answered, "Jesus of Nazareth." He said to them, "I am he." Judas who betrayed him was standing among them.

As it was cold the slaves and attendants had made a charcoal fire, and stood about it warming themselves. And Peter also was among them, standing and warming himself.

So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but let us draw for it, to see who gets it." This was to fulfil what the Scripture says: "They divided my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots." This was what the soldiers did.

When it was evening on that first day after the Sabbath, and the doors of the house where the disciples met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came in and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!"

A week after, the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came in and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you!"

So the story spread among the brothers that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not tell him that he was not going to die; he said, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you?"

It was at that time that Peter got up among the brothers??here were about a hundred and twenty persons present??nd said,

"So one of the men who has been associated with us all the time that the Lord Jesus moved about among us,