On coming into the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they fell down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, and of frankincense, and of myrrh.

Rejoice and be glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

When he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way.

Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts,

And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."

And all the people were amazed and said, "Could this be the Son of David?"

Then his disciples said to him, "Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to feed such a great crowd?"

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him!"

And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him."

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"

saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

"Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your King is coming to you, lowly, and sitting on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"

They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'

You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?

Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt.

And because wickedness will increase, the love of most will grow cold.

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, "So, could you not watch with me one hour?

But how then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen in this way?"

But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was outside in the deserted places; and people came to him from every quarter.

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above him; and when they had broken through, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.

who lived among the tombs; and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain,

Now he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

From there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not be hidden.

and his clothes became dazzling, exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth could bleach them.

And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast out the spirit, but they could not."

And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"

and said to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

They went away and found a colt tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied it.

And some of those who stood there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"

Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments on it, and he sat on it.

And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint my body for burial.

And when they heard it they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought an opportunity to betray him.

Then he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?

But when he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he made signs to them and remained speechless.

When they could not find a way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it was well built.

Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd.

And a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years and could not be healed by anyone,

While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!"

I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."

He also said to the multitudes, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, "A shower is coming'; and so it happens.

And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

And they could not reply to this.

It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.'"

And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.

saying, "Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

And they brought it to Jesus, and they threw their garments on the colt and set Jesus on it.

but they could not find anything they could do, for all the people hung upon his words.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had desired to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.

and said to them, "You have brought this man to me as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. And behold, having examined him in your presence, I have found no guilt in this man concerning those charges which you make against him;

Then he opened their minds, so they could understand the Scriptures.

"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"

Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad."

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.

and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?"

"Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt."

Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

But there are also many other things which Jesus did. If every one of them were to be written, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

And after he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh also will live in hope,

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they ate together with glad and sincere hearts,

But Peter said, "I do not have silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."

But they could not stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.

But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

Saul got up from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could oppose God?"

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts;

When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there a while.

and through him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.

I have coveted no one's silver or gold or clothes.

Some in the crowd shouted one thing, and some another; and as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

And when Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor's decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.

And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."

Because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

When day came, they could not recognize the land, but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could.

But the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

The natives showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.

Certainly not! For then how could God judge the world?

For what the law could not do, in that it was weakened through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin: he condemned sin in the flesh,

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.