and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened like this. His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, and before they came together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

And when the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel."

Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.

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

And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to hell. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

And he said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

"His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor."

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

Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the sons of Israel priced,

The angel answered the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

And he said to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. No one had the strength to tame him.

They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.

As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.

But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.

but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."

For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.

But there were some who were indignant among themselves, "Why has this ointment been wasted?

For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.

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

Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and placed him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

He said to them, "Do not be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Look, the place where they put him.

She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved.

Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord."

(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Messiah.

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,

The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

But he said to them, "I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent."

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.

and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.

Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.

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

"All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed."

Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.

He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been placed.

All things were made through him, and apart from him nothing was made that has been made.

(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

He who believes in him is not judged. He who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given to him from heaven.

You yourselves bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Messiah,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'

5 A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be made well?"

The Jewish leaders therefore marveled, saying, "How does this man know letters, having never been educated?"

They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free?'"

They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.

The Jewish leaders therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,

Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

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

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

Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."

that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this time, and still you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father?'

And you will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.

Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been placed.

and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.

Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained."

But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they were amazed. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.

for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed.

Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by the Lord."