Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife;

Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they set out to their own country by another route.

Then Herod, because he saw that a trick had been played on him by the stargazers, was very angry, and sent and slaughtered all the boy babies in Bethlehem and in all that neighborhood, from two years down, in accordance with the time which he had found out from the stargazers.

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He set out for Galilee.

And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not fall, for its pillars had been laid on a rocky foundation.

But when the crowd had been driven out, He went in and took hold of her hand, and the girl got up.

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?

Even the very hairs on your head have all been counted by God.

And from the days of John the Baptist until the present moment the kingdom of heaven has been continuously taken by storm, and those who take it by storm are seizing it as a precious prize.

Then He began to censure the cities in which His many, many wonder-works had been done, because they did not repent.

"A curse on you, Chorazin! A curse on you, Bethsaida! For if the wonder-works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, long ago they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, are you to be exalted to heaven? No, you belong to the regions of the dead! For if the wonder-works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued until today.

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father, and no one but the Father perfectly knows the Son, and no one but the Son perfectly knows the Father, and the one to whom the Son chooses to make Him known.

But He answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you?

is under no obligation at all to help his parent.' So you have set aside what God has said for the sake of what has been handed down to you.

But He answered, "I have been sent only to the lost sheep of Israel's house."

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for it is now three days they have been staying with me, and they have nothing at all left to eat, and I fear they might give out on the way home."

He said to them, "It is not every man who has the capacity to carry out this saying, but it is for those to whom the capacity has been given.

For some are born incapable of marriage, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it who can."

About five he went out again and found still others standing around, and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'

And they who had been hired at five o'clock came and received twenty cents each.

He said to them, "You will drink the cup that I am to drink, but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father."

And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding reception, but they refused to come.

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

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! The city that has kept on murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused!

for there will be greater misery at that time than ever has been since the world began, or ever will be again.

And if those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's chosen people those days will be cut short.

But be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in exactly what part of the night the thief would come, he would have been on guard and would not have let his house be broken into.

His master said to him 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

His master said to him, 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

Surely it could have been sold for a large sum and the money given to the poor."

The Son of Man is going away as the Scriptures say of Him, but a curse will be on that man by whom He is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had never been born!"

Now this piece of ground has ever since been called "The Field of Blood."

In that way the words spoken by the prophet Jeremiah were fulfilled: "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been fixed by some Israelites,

Now there had been a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the boulder back and remained sitting upon it.

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.

Then Jesus came up to them, and said, "Full authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Then He said to them, "To you the secret of the kingdom of God has been entrusted, but to those who are on the outside everything is presented in stories, so that

The ones along the path are those who have the message sown in their hearts, but as soon as it is sown there, Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.

for he had often been fastened with fetters and chains but had snapped the chains and broken the fetters, and no one was strong enough to overpower him.

When they came to Jesus and saw the man who had once been insane under the power of many demons, sitting, with his clothes on, and in his right mind, they were frightened.

And those who had seen it told them how it occurred to the man who had been under the power of the demons, and about the hogs.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. And the people were dumbfounded when they heard Him, and said, "Where did He get all these things? What sort of wisdom is it that has been given Him? And such mighty deeds are done by Him!

She was a heathen who spoke Greek and had been born in Syro-Phenicia. And she kept begging Him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

"My heart goes out in pity for these people, for they have been staying with me three days now, and they have nothing left to eat.

Then He asked his father, "How long has he been like this?" He answered, "From his childhood;

but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared."

and said to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and as soon as you get into it, you will find a colt tied which has never been ridden by a man. Untie it and bring it here.

So then I tell you, whenever you pray and ask for anything, have faith that it has been granted you, and you will get it.

And He called His disciples to Him and said, "I solemnly say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all these others who have been putting money into the collection-box.

for there will be such misery at that time as has never been since the beginning of God's creation, and never will be again.

It might have been sold for more than sixty dollars, and the money have been given to the poor." So they kept on grumbling at her.

For the Son of Man is going away, as the Scriptures say of Him, but a curse will be on that man by whom He is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had never been born."

So he bought a linen sheet, then took Him down from the cross, wrapped Him in the linen sheet, and laid Him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a boulder up to the doorway of the tomb.

Then they looked up and saw that the boulder had already been rolled to one side, for it was a very large one.

But although they had heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

Later on He appeared to the Eleven themselves while they were at table, and reproved them for their lack of faith and their stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had been raised from the dead.

that you may better know the certainty of those things that you have been taught.

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

The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel; I stand in the very presence of God. I have been sent to talk with you and to tell you this good news.

for today, in the town of David, a Saviour for you has been born, who is to be your Messiah and Lord.

When they saw this, they informed them of the story that had been told about this child.

Then the shepherds went back continuing to give glory and praise to God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told them.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not die without seeing the Lord's Messiah.

She was very old; from girlhood she had lived seven years with a husband, and now had been a widow eighty years. She never left the temple, but continued to worship all day and all night with fastings and prayers.

When His parents saw Him, they were utterly amazed, and yet His mother said to Him, "My child, why did you treat us so? Just see how your father and I, in agony of mind, have been searching for you!"

Now when all the people had been baptized, and when Jesus had been baptized and was still praying, heaven opened

And the devil said to Him, "I will give you all this power and all their splendor, for it has been turned over to me, and I give it to anyone I please.

And Jesus answered him, "It has been said, 'You must not try the Lord your God.'"

So He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up, and as His habit was on the Sabbath, He went to the synagogue and stood up to read.

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

Then at once he got up before them all, picked up the pallet on which he had been lying, and went off home, giving praise to God.

and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary, who was called Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had gone,

For He was commanding the foul spirit to get out of the man. For on many occasions it had seized him, and repeatedly he had been fastened with chains and fetters under constant guard, and yet he would snap his bonds, and the demon would drive him into desert places.

Then they who had seen it told them how the man who had been under the power of demons was cured.

Just then a man named Jairus came up, who had long been leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet and persisted in begging Him to come to his house,

When the woman saw that she had not escaped His notice, she came forward trembling, and falling down before Him she told in the presence of all the people why she had touched Him and how she had been cured at once.

Now Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but all at once they became wide awake and saw His splendor and the two men who were standing with Him.

But they remained ignorant of what this meant; indeed, it had been hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement.

A curse on you, Chorazin! A curse on you, Bethsaida! For if the wonder-works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, long ago they would have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to make Him known."

so that the blood of all the prophets that has been shed from the creation of the world may be charged against the men of this age --

Yes, the very hairs on your heads have all been counted by God! Stop being afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

But the one who does wrong without knowing it will be lightly punished. Much will be demanded from anyone to whom much has been given; yea, people will demand much more from anyone to whom they have entrusted much.

So he said to the vine-dresser, 'Look here! for three years I have been coming to look for figs on this fig tree, and have not found any. Cut it down. Why waste the ground with it?'

"When you are invited by anyone to a wedding supper, never take the best place, for someone of greater distinction than you may have been invited,

Then the slave said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.'

because this son of mine was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found!' So they began to celebrate.

Then he said to him, 'My child, you have been with me all the time, and all I have is yours.

But we just had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found.'"

Now the Pharisees who were lovers of money had been listening to all this, and they began to ridicule Him.

It was the law and the prophets until John, but ever since that time the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everybody has been taking it by storm.

And a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores, had been laid at his gate,

Then the Lord said to them, "If you had faith that grows like a mustard seed, you might have been saying to this mulberry tree, 'Pull yourself up by the roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and it would have obeyed you!

For the Son of Man is going away, as it has been divinely decreed, but a curse will be on that man by whom He is betrayed!"

For I tell you, what has been written about me must be fulfilled: 'He was classed with the outlaws.' Yes, that saying about me has its fulfillment."

Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, for he had been wanting to see Him for a long time on account of what he had heard about Him; also he was hoping to see some spectacular performance done by Him.

So Herod and Pilate became personal friends that very day; they had been at enmity before.

(He was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had occurred in the city and for murder.)

So he released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, whom they continued to demand, but turned Jesus over to their will.