and Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the period of the Babylonian Exile.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

And the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to turn into bread!"

But he answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone is man to live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God!' "

Word went all through Syria about him, and people brought to him all who were suffering with any kind of disease, or who were in great pain??emoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics??nd he cured them.

But if your right eye makes you fall, tear it out and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all thrown into the pit!

If your right hand makes you fall, cut it off and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all go down to the pit!

Give us today bread for the day,

Which of you men when his son asks him for some bread will give him a stone?

"Go in at the narrow gate. For the road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and there are many who go in by it.

In the evening they brought to him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove the spirits out with a word, and cured all who were sick,

And the news of this spread all over that part of the country.

But they went out and spread the news about him all over that part of the country.

But just as they were going out, some people brought to him a dumb man who was possessed by a demon,

and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to bear your testimony before them and the heathen.

At that time some people brought to him a man blind and dumb, who was possessed by a demon, and he cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.

You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.

and went to his own part of the country. And he taught the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were astonished, and said, "Where did he get this wisdom, and the power to do these wonders?

And his head was brought back on a platter and given to the girl, and she took it to her mother.

And the men of the place recognized him, and sent all over that district and brought to him all who were sick,

"Why do your disciples break the rules handed down by our ancestors? For they eat their bread without first washing their hands."

He said, "It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs!"

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get bread enough in this solitude to feed such a crowd?"

When the disciples went across the lake, they forgot to take any bread.

But they were discussing something with one another, and saying, "We have not brought any bread!"

Jesus noticed it and said, "Why are you discussing with one another your being without bread? You have so little faith!

Why do you not see that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

As he spoke a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, my Beloved. He is my Chosen. Listen to him!"

And I brought him to your disciples and they have not been able to cure him."

And when he set about doing so, a man was brought in who owed him ten million dollars.

When Jesus had finished this discourse, he left Galilee and went to the part of Judea that is on the other side of the Jordan.

Then some children were brought up to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray, but his disciples reproved the people for it.

they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their coats upon them, and Jesus seated himself upon them.

"Why do you put me to such a test, you hypocrites? Show me the poll-tax coin!" And they brought him a denarius.

You serpents! You brood of snakes! How can you escape being sentenced to the pit?

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

But you may be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.

For the foolish ones brought their lamps but brought no oil with them,

but the sensible ones with their lamps brought oil in their flasks.

On the first day of the festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you wish us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover supper?"

Then Judas who had betrayed him, when he saw that he had been condemned, in his remorse brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders,

In the evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed by demons,

Leaving there he went, followed by his disciples, to his own part of the country.

He forbade them to take anything for the journey except a staff??o bread, no bag, no small change even in their girdles;

And he went off and beheaded him in the prison and brought back his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

But he answered, "Give them food yourselves." They said to him, "Can we go and buy forty dollars' worth of bread and give it to them to eat?"

He said to her, "Let the children first eat all they want, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

And they brought to him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.

His disciples replied, "Where can anyone get bread enough, here in this solitude, to satisfy these people's hunger?"

Now they had forgotten to bring any bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

They were discussing with one another their being without bread.

And he noticed it and said to them, "Why do you discuss your being without bread? Do you not yet see nor understand? Are your minds so dull?

And they came to Bethsaida. And people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.

For what good does it do a man to gain the whole world and yet part with his life?

One of the crowd answered, "Master, I brought my son to you, for he is possessed by a dumb spirit,

And they brought the boy to him. As soon as the spirit saw him, it convulsed the boy, and he fell down on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

And people brought children to him to have him touch them, but the disciples reproved them for it.

So they brought the colt to Jesus, and they threw their coats over it and Jesus mounted it.

And they brought him one. He said to them, "Whose head and title is this?" And they told him, "The emperor's."

But you must be on your guard; they will hand you over to courts and you will be taken into synagogues and beaten, and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to testify to them.

It was now two days before the festival of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. And the high priests and scribes were casting about for a way to arrest him by stealth and put him to death,

On the first day of the festival of Unleavened Bread, on which it was customary to kill the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you wish us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover supper?"

He said to them, "It is one of the Twelve, who is dipping his bread in the same dish with me.

But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. For his part, he kept making signs to them, and remained dumb.

And when his period of service was over, he went back to his home.

"He has done mighty deeds with his arm, He has routed the proud-minded,

"Blessings on the Lord, the God of Israel, Because he has turned his attention to his people, and brought about their deliverance,

When their purification period under the Law of Moses was over, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,

And under the Spirit's influence he went into the Temple, and when Jesus' parents brought him there to do for him what the Law required,

So he would say to the crowds that came out there to be baptized by him, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to fly from the wrath that is coming?

And the devil said to him, "If you are God's son, tell this stone to turn into bread!"

Jesus answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone is man to live!' "

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath he went to the synagogue, as he was accustomed to do, and stood up to read the Scriptures.

As the sun went down all who had friends sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he laid his hands on every one of them and cured them.

And they brought the boats to land and left everything and followed him.

"For when John the Baptist came, he did not eat any bread or drink any wine, and you said, 'He has a demon!'

He said to them, "Do not take anything for your journey, no staff nor bag nor bread nor money, nor an extra shirt.

and he went up to him and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. And he put him on his own mule and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

Give us each day our bread for the day,

O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

People brought babies to him to have him touch them, but the disciples, when they saw it, reproved them for it.

And Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came up, Jesus asked him,

And they brought it to Jesus. And they threw their coats on the colt and mounted Jesus on it.

But before all this, men will arrest you and persecute you, and hand you over to synagogues and prisons and have you brought before kings and governors on my account.

The festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

When the day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed,

And he took a loaf of bread and thanked God, and broke it in pieces, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body.

As soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the high priests and scribes assembled, and brought him before their council, and said to him,

and said to them, "You brought this man before me charged with misleading the people, and here I have examined him before you and not found him guilty of any of the things that you accuse him of.

And when he took his place with them at table, he took the bread and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them.

And they told what had happened on the road, and how they had known him when he broke the bread in pieces.

But Jesus on his part would not trust himself to them, for he knew them all,

It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend who stands outside and listens for his voice is very glad when he hears the bridegroom speak. So this happiness of mine is now complete.

So the disciples said to one another, "Do you suppose that someone has brought him something to eat?"

Philip answered, "Forty dollars' worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to have even a little."

But some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where they had eaten the bread after Jesus had given thanks for it.

Jesus answered, "I tell you, it is not because of the signs you have seen that you have come in search of me, but because you ate that bread and had all you wanted of it.

Our forefathers in the desert had manna to eat; as the Scripture says, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat!'"

Jesus said to them, "I tell you, Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the bread out of heaven,

for it is God's bread that comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world."