"Where is the new-born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and have come to do homage to him."

'And thou, Bethlehem in Judah's land, Art in no way least among the chief cities of Judah; For out of thee will come a Chieftain- - One who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

But John tried to prevent him. "It is I," he said, "who need to be baptized by you; why then do you come to me?"

But Jesus answered: "Scripture says--'It is not on bread alone that man is to live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

"Come and follow me," Jesus said, "and I will set you to fish for men."

Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to do away with them, but to complete them.

Leave your gift there, before the altar, go and be reconciled to your brother, first, then come and present your gift.

I tell you, you will not come out until you have paid the last penny.

Let your words be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from what is wrong.

Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done--on earth, as in Heaven.

Beware of false Teachers--men who come to you in the guise of sheep, but at heart they are ravenous wolves.

When Jesus had come down from the hill, great crowds followed him.

"I will come and cure him," answered Jesus.

For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and, if I say to one of them 'Go,' he goes, and to another 'Come,' he comes, and to my slave 'Do this,' he does it."

Yes, and many will come in from East and West and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven;

Suddenly they shrieked out: "What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?"

Go and learn what this means--'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice'; for I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast."

Jesus answered: "Can the bridegroom's friends mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be parted from them, and they will fast then.

While Jesus was saying this, a President of a Synagogue came up and bowed to the ground before him. "My daughter," he said, "Has just died; but come and place your hand on her, and she will be restored to life."

But, when they persecute you in one town, escape to the next; for, I tell you, you will not have come to the end of the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Do not imagine that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring, not peace, but the sword.

For I have come to set--'a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

And--if you are ready to accept it--John is himself the Elijah who was destined to come.

And now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, they are saying 'Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and outcasts!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions."

Come to me, all you who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest!

Whoever speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in the present age, or in the age to come.

When any one hears the Message of the Kingdom without understanding it, the Evil One comes and snatches away what has been sown in his mind. This is the man meant by the seed which was sown along the path.

On this the owner's servants came to him, and said 'Was not it good seed that you sowed in your field? Where, then, do the tares in it come from?'

This seed is smaller than all other seeds, but, when it has grown up, it is larger than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that 'the wild birds come and roost in its branches.'"

"Master," Peter exclaimed, "if it is you, tell me to come to you on the water."

And Jesus said: "Come." So Peter got down from the boat, and walked on the water, and went towards Jesus;

It is not what enters a man's mouth that 'defiles' him, but what comes out from his mouth--that does defile him!"

But the things that come out from the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile a man;

For the Son of Man is to come in his Father's Glory, with his angels, and then he 'will give to every man what his actions deserve.'

"How is it," his disciples asked, "that our Teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?"

"Elijah indeed does come," Jesus replied, "and will restore everything;

And I tell you that Elijah has already come, and people have not recognized him, but have treated him just as they pleased. In the same way, too, the Son of Man is destined to undergo suffering at men's hands."

For where two or three have come together in my Name, I am present with them."

Jesus, however, said: "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for it is to the childlike that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs."

"If you wish to be perfect," answered Jesus, "go and sell your property, and give to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; then come and follow me."

When they had almost reached Jerusalem, having come as far as Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two disciples.

The crowds that led the way, as well as those that followed behind, kept shouting: "God save the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! God save him from on high!"

After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation came up to him as he was teaching, and said: " What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

But the tenants, on seeing his son, said to each other 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.'

Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

Then Jesus added: "Have you never read in the Scriptures?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised--Has now itself become the corner-stone; This corner-stone has come from the Lord, And is marvelous in our eyes.'

He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the banquet, but they were unwilling to come.

A second time he sent some servants, with orders to say to those who had been invited 'I have prepared my breakfast, my cattle and fat beasts are killed and everything is ready; come to the banquet.'

All this, I tell you, will come home to the present generation.

For nevermore, I tell you, shall you see me, until you say-- 'Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!'"

for, many will take my name, and come saying 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my Name.

And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the world as a witness to all nations; and then will come the end.

Therefore, do you also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.

Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, shall find doing this.

That servant's master will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour of which he is unaware,

But at midnight a shout was raised--'The Bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

'Well done, good, trustworthy servant!' said his master. 'You have been trustworthy with a small sum; now I will place a large one in your hands; come and share your master's joy!'

'Well done, good, trustworthy servant!' said his master. 'You have been trustworthy with a small sum; now I will place a large one in your hands; come and share your master's joy!'

When the Son of Man has come in his glory and all the angels with him, then he 'will take his seat on his throne of glory';

Then the King will say to those on his right 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, enter upon possession of the Kingdom prepared for you ever since the beginning of the world.

When did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you?'

On which Jesus said to him: "Friend, do what you have come for." Thereupon the men went up, seized Jesus, and arrested him.

Jesus at the same time said to the crowds: "Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me? I have sat teaching day after day in the Temple Courts, and yet you did not arrest me."

"You who 'destroy the Temple and build one in three days,' save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!"

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the 'King of Israel'! Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

So order the tomb to be made secure till the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal him, and then say to the people 'He has risen from the dead,' when the latest imposture will be worse than the first."

He is not here; for he has risen, as he said he would. Come, and see the place where he was lying;

"And should this matter come before the Governor," they added, "we will satisfy him, and see that you have nothing to fear."

"The time has come, and the Kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the Good News."

"Come and follow me," Jesus said, "and I will set you to fish for men."

"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!"

But Jesus rebuked the spirit: "Be silent! Come out from him."

As soon as they had come out from the Synagogue, they went, with James and John, into the house of Simon and Andrew.

Hearing this, Jesus said: "It is not those who are in health that need a doctor, but those who are ill. I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast."

But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be parted from them, and they will fast then--when that day comes.

And the Teachers of the Law, who had come down from Jerusalem, said: "He has Baal-zebub in him, and he drives the demons out by the help of Baal-zebub, their chief."

So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last--his end has come!

And his mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.

The People meant by the seed that falls along the path are these--where the Message is sown, but, as soon as they have heard it, Satan immediately comes and carries away the Message that has been sown in them.

But the cares of life, and the glamour of wealth, and cravings for many other things come in and completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return.

Nothing is hidden unless it is some day to come to light, nor was anything ever kept hidden but that it should some day come into the light of day.

But, as soon as the crop is ready, immediately he 'puts in the sickle because harvest has come'."

For Jesus had said: "Come out from the man, you foul spirit."

"My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death; I beg you to come and place your hands on her, that her life may be spared."

"Come by yourselves privately to some lonely spot," he said, "and rest for a while"--for there were so many people coming and going that they had not time even to eat.

One day the Pharisees and some of the Teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus.

When they come from market, they will not eat without first sprinkling themselves; and there are many other customs which they have inherited and hold to, such as the ceremonial washing of cups, and jugs, and copper pans).

There is nothing external to a man, which by going into him can 'defile' him; but the things that come out from a man are the things that defile him."

"It is what comes out from a man," he added, "that defiles him,

For it is from within, out of the hearts of men, that there come evil thoughts--unchastity, theft, murder, adultery,

All these wicked things come from within, and do defile a man."

And if I send them away to their homes hungry, they will break down on the way; and some of them have come a long distance."

Whoever is ashamed of me and of my teaching, in this unfaithful and wicked generation, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his Father's Glory with the holy angels."

"I tell you," he added, "that some of those who are standing here will not know death till they have seen the Kingdom of God come in power."

"How is it," they asked Jesus, "that our Teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?"

"Elijah does indeed come first," answered Jesus, "and re-establish everything; and does not Scripture speak, with regard to the Son of Man, of his undergoing much suffering and being utterly despised?

But I tell you that Elijah has come, and people have treated him just as they pleased, as Scripture says of him."

But, when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly collecting, he rebuked the foul spirit: "Deaf and dumb spirit, it is I who command you. Come out from him and never enter him again."

When, however, Jesus saw this, he was indignant. "Let the little children come to me," he said, "do not hinder them; for it is to the childlike that the Kingdom of God belongs.