Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,

The birth of [Jesus] Christ came about thus. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together she was discovered to be pregnant by the holy Spirit.

so he gathered all the high priests and scribes of the people and made inquiries of them about where the messiah was to be born.

and if you only salute your friends, what is special about that? do not the very pagans do as much?

Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat or drink in life, nor about what you are to put on your body; surely life means more than food, surely the body means more than clothes!

Which of you can add an ell to his height by troubling about it?

So do not be troubled about to-morrow; to-morrow will take care of itself. The day's own trouble is quite enough for the day.

Now, when they bring you up for trial, do not trouble yourselves about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will come to you at the moment,

As the disciples of John went away, Jesus proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus.

The men who ate numbered about five thousand, apart from the women and children.

You hypocrites! Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you when he said,

Why do you not see that I was not speaking to you about bread? No, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then the disciples realized he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

I tell you another thing: if two of you agree on earth about anything you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? One alone is good. But if you want to get into Life, keep the commands."

When those who had been hired about five o'clock came, they got a shilling each.

Now as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem he took the twelve aside by themselves and said to them as they were on the road,

When the high priests and Pharisees heard these parables they knew he was speaking about them;

Tell us, then, what you think about this. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

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

Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, but only my Father.

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said, that 'before the cock crows you will disown me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Besides, when he was seated on the tribunal, his wife had sent to tell him, "Do nothing with that innocent man, for I have suffered greatly to-day in a dream about him.")

and about three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani" (that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

"If this comes to the ears of the governor," they added, "we will satisfy him and see that you have no trouble about the matter."

Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with fever, so they told him at once about her,

When he was by himself his adherents and the twelve asked him about the parable,

And Jesus gave them leave. Then out came the unclean spirits and entered the swine, and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea (there were about two thousand of them) and in the sea they were drowned.

She heard about Jesus, got behind him in the crowd, and touched his robe;

But he strictly forbade them to let anyone know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.

send them off to the farms and villages round about to buy some food for themselves."

but when he saw them buffeted as they rowed (for the wind was against them) he went to them about the fourth watch of the night walking on the sea. He meant to pass them,

they decline to eat what comes from the market till they have washed it; and they have a number of other traditions to keep about washing cups and jugs and basins [and beds].)

He said to them, "Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you hypocrites ??as it is written, This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me:

Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more eagerly they made it public;

(There were about four thousand of them.) Then he sent them away,

Then he forbade them to tell anyone about him.

He said to them, "Elijah does come first, to restore all things; but what is written about the Son of man as well? This, that he is to endure great suffering and be rejected.

So they brought the boy to him, and when the spirit saw Jesus it at once convulsed the boy; he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

Then they reached Capharnahum. And when he was indoors he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

They said nothing, for on the road they had been disputing about which of them was the greatest.

Indoors, the disciples again asked him about this,

What about the baptism of John? Was it from heaven or from men?"

Then a scribe came up, who had listened to the discussion. Knowing Jesus had given them an apt answer, he put this question to him, "What is the chief of all the commands?"

And in the course of his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, to get saluted in the marketplaces,

Now when they carry you off to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; say whatever comes to your lips at the moment, for he who speaks is not you but the holy Spirit.

Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son, but only the Father.

So the high priest rose in their midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no reply to make? What about this evidence against you?"

She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept;

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

When they saw this they told people about the word which had been spoken to them about the child;

His father and mother were astonished at these words about him,

Now as people's expectations were roused and as everybody thought to himself about John, "Can he be the Christ,"

At the outset Jesus was about thirty years of age; he was the son, as people supposed, of Joseph, the son of Heli,

When he got up to leave the synagogue he went to the house of Simon. Simon's mother-in-law was laid up with a severe attack of fever, so they asked him about her;

When day broke he went away out to a lonely spot, but the crowds made inquiries about him, came to where he was, and tried to keep him from leaving them.

so, when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and make his servant well.

When John's messengers had gone, he proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

The disciples questioned him about the meaning of the parable;

for he had an only daughter about twelve years old and she was dying. As Jesus went the crowds kept crushing him,

(There were about five thousand men of them.) He said to his disciples, "Make them lie down in rows of about fifty."

It was about eight days after he said this, when he took Peter, John, and James, and went up the hillside to pray.

But they did not understand this saying ??indeed it was kept a secret from them, to prevent them from fathoming it ??and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

He knew what they were thinking about, so he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, house after house falls down;

When they bring you before synagogues and the magistrates and authorities, do not trouble yourselves about how to defend yourselves or what to say,

To his disciples he said, "Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat in life, nor about what you are to put on your body;

Which of you can add an ell to his height by troubling about it?

It was at this time that some people came to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

But the man replied, 'Leave it for this year, sir, till I dig round about it and put in manure.

So he summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Hand in your accounts; you cannot be factor any longer.'

He also told them a parable about the need of always praying and never losing heart.

And when he saw the city, as he approached, he wept over it,

"Beware of the scribes! They like to walk about in long robes, they are fond of getting saluted in the market-places, of securing the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

He withdrew about a stone's throw and knelt in prayer,

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

About an hour had passed when another man insisted, "That fellow really was with him. Why, he is a Galilean!"

And he went outside and wept bitterly.

And Pilate said to the high priests and the crowds, "I cannot find anything criminal about him."

Herod was greatly delighted to see Jesus; he had long wanted to see him, because he had heard about him and also because he hoped to see him perform some miracle.

Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as being an inciter to rebellion among the people. I have examined him before you and found nothing criminal about him, for all your accusations against him.

He asked them a third time, "But what crime has he committed? I have found nothing about him that deserves death; so I shall release him with a whipping."

By this time it was about twelve o'clock, and darkness covered the whole land till three o'clock,

That very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus about seven miles from Jerusalem.

They were conversing about all these events,

"What is that?" he said to them. They replied, "All about Jesus of Nazaret! To God and all the people he was a prophet strong in action and utterance,

Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

he gazed at Jesus as he walked about, and said, "Look, there is the lamb of God!"

He said to them, "Come and see." So they went and saw where he stayed, and stayed with him the rest of that day ??it was then about four in the afternoon.

he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets ??it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret."

Now six stone water-jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of 'purification,' each holding about twenty gallons.

and required no evidence from anyone about human nature; well did he know what was in human nature.

If you will not believe when I speak to you about things on earth, how will you believe if I speak to you about things in heaven?

and Jacob's spring was there. Jesus, exhausted by the journey, sat down at the spring, just as he was. It was about noon,

Jesus said, "Get the people to lie down." Now there was plenty of grass at the spot, so the men lay down, numbering about five thousand.

After rowing about three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and nearing the boat. They were terrified,

After this Jesus moved about in Galilee; he would not move in Judaea, because the Jews were trying to kill him.

And the crowd disputed about him hotly; some said, "He is a good man," but others said, "No, he is misleading the people."

I have a great deal to say about you and many a judgment to pass upon you; but he who sent me is true, and so I tell the world what I have learned from him."

They did not understand he was speaking to them about the Father;