Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

'And you, Bethlehem in Judah's land, You are not at all the least among the leading places of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler, who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

Then He went all over Galilee, as He continued teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or malady among the people.

What human father among you, when his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

When Jesus heard it, He was astounded, and said to His followers, "I solemnly say to you, I have not found, in a single case among the Jews, so great faith as this.

and after the demon had been driven out, the dumb man could talk. So the crowds were dumbfounded, saying, "Never before among the Jews was anything like this?

But He said to them, "What man is there among you, if he has only one sheep and it falls into a ditch on the sabbath, will not lay hold on it and lift it out?

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

And what was sown among the thorns illustrates the man who hears the message, and the worries of the times and the pleasures of being rich choke the truth out, and he yields no fruit.

Then they began to discuss it among themselves, and said, "It is because we did not take any bread."

Jesus knew it and said, "Why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Have you so little faith?

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 first position among you must be your slave,

Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven, or from men?" They argued it out among themselves in this way, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is his heir, come on, let us kill him, and get all that is coming to him!'

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died without children, and left his widow to his brother.

Whoever is greatest among you must be your servant.

But they kept saying, "It must not be at the feast, for a riot may break out among the people."

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 home; he even went inside and was sitting among the attendants to see how it would end.

Then they crucified Him and divided among them His clothes 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 told among the Jews down to the present time.

They were all so dumbfounded that they kept discussing it among themselves, and asking, "What does this mean? It is a new teaching. He gives orders with authority even to foul spirits, and they obey Him."

Some fell among the thorn seed, and the thorns grew up and choked them out and they yielded no grain.

A different class are those people sown among the thorns. They are people who listen to the message,

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

All night and all day he kept screaming among the tombs and on the hills, and kept gashing himself with stones.

And they begged Him, "Send us among the hogs, so that we can get 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 so they found a cause for stumbling over him.

But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never fails to be honored except in his native neighborhood, among his kinsmen, and in his own home."

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 the pieces to the disciples to pass on to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

And they held that caution fast in their minds, as they continued to discuss among themselves what rising from the dead meant.

but this is not to be the case among you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

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

But those tenants said among themselves, 'This is his heir; come on, let us kill him, and all that is coming to him will be ours.'

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

There was in prison a man named Barabbas, among some revolutionaries who in their uprising had committed murder,

Then they crucified Him and divided among them His clothes, by drawing lots for them to see which piece each of them should have.

Now several women were there looking on from a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome,

Since many writers have undertaken to compose narratives about the facts established among us,

"This is what the Lord has done for me when He smiled upon me to take away my disgrace among men."

and with a loud shout she said: "Blessed are you among women, And blessed is your child!

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

They supposed that He was somewhere in the caravan, and so they traveled a whole day before they began to make an anxious search for Him among His relatives and acquaintances.

And after three days they finally found Him in the temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Amazement then seized them all and they continued to talk it over among themselves, and to say, "What does this message mean? For with authority and power He gives orders to foul spirits, and they come out."

And as they could not find a way because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his pallet through the tiles, among the people right in front of Jesus.

When Jesus heard this, He was astounded at him, and turning to the crowd that was following Him He said, "I tell you, I have not found, in a single case among the Jews, so great faith as this!"

So awe seized them all, and they began to praise God, saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and, "God has visited His people!"

Still another portion fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with them and choked them out.

And the portion of them falling among the thorns illustrates those who hear it, but as soon as they pass on they are choked out by the worries and wealth and pleasures of life, and thus yield no mature fruit.

Now a controversy sprang up among them as to which of them might be the greatest.

Then He said to them, "Whoever welcomes this little child on my account is welcoming me, and whoever welcomes me is welcoming Him who sent me; for the one who is lowliest among you all is really great."

Now is there a father among you who, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

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

"What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep, and if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and continue to look for the lost one until he finds it?

Just so, 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 slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your seat at the table,'

When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell everything you have, and distribute the money among the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back and follow me."

But when the tenants saw him, they argued among themselves, 'This is the heir; let us kill him, so that what he inherits may be ours.'

They will fall by the edge of the sword and will be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled under the feet of the heathen, until the times of the heathen come to full measure.

Then He received a cup of wine, gave thanks, and said, "Take this and share it among you,

Then they began to discuss among themselves which one it was who was going to do this.

There arose also among them a contention as to which one of them should rank as greatest.

But you are not to do so. On the contrary, the greatest among you must be like the youngest and the leader as the servant.

Which one, indeed, is the greater, the guest at the table or the servant who waits on him? Is it not the guest at the table? But I am among you as the servant who waits on you.

While I was among you day after day in the temple, you never laid a hand on me! But this is your opportunity, even the power which darkness gives you!"

And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had taken their seats together, Peter, too, was sitting among them.

They drew lots to divide His clothes among them.

Because the women were so frightened and were turning their faces to the ground, they said to them, "Why are you looking among the dead for Him who is alive?

Even while they were talking about these things, He took His stand among them Himself, [and said to them, "Peace to you!"]

So the Word became human and lived a little while among us, and we actually saw His glory, the glory of One who is an only Son from His Father, and He was full of spiritual blessing and truth.

John answered them, "I am baptizing only in water. There is standing among you One with whom you are not acquainted.

Now there was a man named Nicodemus, who belonged to the party of the Pharisees and was a leader among the Jews.

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

Then Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks, and distributed them among the people who were sitting on the ground; so too with the fish as much as they wanted.

And there was a great deal of grumbling about Him among the crowds, some saying that He was a good man, and others that He was not, but was misleading the masses.

The Jews then said to one another, "Where is He about to go that we shall not find Him? He is not going to our people scattered among the Greeks, and going to teach the Greeks, is He?

Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a sinful man perform such wonder- works?" So there was a difference of opinion among them.

These words again led to a difference of opinion among the Jews.

It was for this reason that Jesus no more appeared in public among the Jews, but He left that part of the country 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 were coming up to worship at the feast,

And yet in spite of all this, even among the leading men many came to believe in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not own it, for fear of being turned out of the synagogue,

If I had not done things among them that no one else has ever done, they would not be guilty of sin. But now the fact is, they have seen and even hated both my Father and me.

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

Because it was cold, the slaves and attendants had made a charcoal fire and were standing about it warming themselves; so Peter too was standing among them 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 fulfill the Scripture which says, "They divided my clothes among them, and for my clothing they cast lots." Now this was what the soldiers did.

In the evening of that same first day of the week, even with the doors of the room bolted where the disciples had met for fear of the Jews, Jesus went in and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!"

Just a week later the disciples were in the room again and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were bolted, Jesus came in and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you!"

So the report got out 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 only, "If I wish him to wait until I come, what is that to you?"

At that time Peter got up among the brothers (there were about a hundred and twenty present) and said,

"So one of these men who have been associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus came and went among us,

"Fellow Israelites, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you yourselves well know, a man accredited to you by God through mighty deeds and wonders and wonder-works which God performed through Him right here among you,

"Brothers, I may confidently say to you about the patriarch David, that he died and was buried, and that his grave is here among us to this very day.

Moses, indeed, said: 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, as He did me. You must attentively listen to everything that He tells you.

The result will be, that any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

There is no salvation by anyone else, for no one else in all the wide world has been appointed among men as our only medium by which to be saved."

But to keep it from spreading farther among the people, let us severely threaten them not to say anything at all to anyone else about this person."