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

Now after the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of King Herod, astrologers from the east arrived at Jerusalem,

and asked, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star rise and we have come to do homage to him."

When King Herod heard of this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

So they obeyed the king and went, and the star which they had seen rise led them on until it reached the place where the child was, and stopped above it.

or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.

And the king was sorry, but because he had sworn to do it, and because of the guests who were present, he ordered it to be given to her.

For this reason the Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king, who resolved to settle accounts with his slaves.

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine sit one at your right and one at your left, when you are king!"

"Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Here is your king coming to you, Gentle, and riding on an ass, And on the foal of a beast of burden.' "

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a king, who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

This made the king angry, and he sent his troops and put those murderers to death and burned their city.

But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw among them a man who did not have on wedding clothes.

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness, there to weep and grind his teeth.'

Then the king will say to those at his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take possession of the kingdom which has been destined for you from the creation of the world.

The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "Yes."

and made a wreath of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a stick in his hand, and knelt down before him in mockery, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

They put above his head the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

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

King Herod heard of him, for his name was now well known, and people were saying that John the baptizer had risen from the dead, and that that was why he was endowed with these extraordinary powers.

Herodias' own daughter came in and danced for them. And Herod and his guests were delighted, and the king said to the girl,

And she hurried back at once to the king and asked him for it, saying, "I want you right away to give me John the Baptist's head on a platter."

The king was exceedingly sorry, but on account of his oath and his guests he did not like to break his word to her,

Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered, "Yes."

Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to set the king of the Jews free for you?"

And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with the man you call the king of the Jews?"

and they began to acclaim him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

And the notice of the charge against him read, "The king of the Jews."

Let this Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, so that we may see it and believe!" And the men who were crucified with him abused him.

In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Or what king, if he is going to meet another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the other who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

But his countrymen hated him, and they sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man made king over us.'

But bring those enemies of mine here who did not want me made king over them, and slaughter them in my presence!' "

and to say, "Blessed is the king who comes in the Lord's name, Peace be in heaven and glory on high!"

and they made this charge against him: "Here is a man whom we have found misleading our nation, and forbidding the payment of taxes to the emperor, and claiming to be an anointed king himself."

And Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered, "Yes."

saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

For there was a notice above his head, "This is the king of the Jews!"

So he came back to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water into wine. There was at Capernaum one of the king's officials whose son was sick.

So Jesus, seeing that they meant to come and carry him off to make him king, retired again to the hill by himself.

got palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "God bless him! God bless him who comes in the Lord's name! Blessings on the king of Israel!"

"Do not be afraid, Daughter of Zion! See, your king is coming mounted on an ass's colt!"

So Pilate went back into the governor's house and called Jesus and said to him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "As you say, I am a king. It was for this that I was born and for this that I came to the world, to give testimony for truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice."

But it is your custom to have me release one man for you at Passover time. Do you want me therefore to release the king of the Jews for you?"

saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!" each one giving him a blow.

This made Pilate try to find a way to let him go, but the Jews shouted, "If you let him go, you are no friend of the emperor's! Anyone who calls himself a king utters treason against the emperor!"

It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about noon. And Pilate said to the Jews, "There is your king!"

At that they shouted, "Kill him! Kill him! Have him crucified!" Pilate said to them, "Am I to crucify your king?" The high priests answered, "We have no king but the emperor!"

Pilate had written a placard and had it put on the cross; it read "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

So the Jewish high priests said to Pilate, "Do not write 'The king of the Jews,' but write 'He said, I am the king of the Jews.' "

and rescued him from all his troubles, and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor of Egypt and of his whole household.

until another king, who knew nothing about Joseph, became ruler of Egypt.

About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.

Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came before him in a body, and after winning over Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for a reconciliation, because their country depended upon the king's dominions for its food supply.

Then they demanded a king and for forty years God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin.

Then he removed him and raised David up to be their king, bearing this testimony to him: 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my own heart, who will do all that I desire.'

and Jason has taken them in. They all disobey the emperor's decrees, and claim that someone else called Jesus is king."

Some time after, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea on a state visit to Festus,

and as they stayed there several days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king. "There is a man here," he said, "who was left in prison by Felix,

Then Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present, you see here the man about whom the whole Jewish people have applied to me both at Jerusalem and here, clamoring that he ought not to live any longer.

Yet I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. So I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, in order to get from your examination of him something to put in writing.

"I think myself fortunate, King Agrippa," said he, "that it is before you that I am to defend myself today against all the things the Jews charge me with,

Therefore, King Agrippa, I did not disobey that heavenly vision,

The king knows about this, and I can speak to him with freedom. I do not believe that he missed any of this, for it did not happen in a corner!

King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do!"

Then the king rose, with the governor and Bernice and those who had sat with them,

I will show you a far better way. If I can speak the languages of men and even of angels, but have no love, I am only a noisy gong or a clashing cymbal.

When I was at Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city gates watched in order to catch me,

To the eternal King, immortal and invisible, the one God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.

which will be brought about in his own time by the blessed, only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

For this man Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was on his way back from defeating the kings, and gave him his blessing,

to whom Abraham apportioned one tenth of all the spoil, who is first, as his name shows, king of righteousness and then king of Salem, which means king of peace??3 with no father or mother or ancestry, and with no beginning to his days nor end to his life, but like no one but the Son of God, continues as priest forever.

Faith led Moses' parents to hide him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child and they would not respect the edict of the king.

Faith made him leave Egypt, unafraid of the king's anger, for he persevered as though he saw him who is unseen.

They had over them as king the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he is called Apollyon.

and they were singing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and marvelous are your doings, Lord God Almighty! Upright and true are your ways, King of the Ages!

So must it be with the animal that was, and is no more. It is also an eighth king, although it is one of the seven, and it is to go to destruction.

They will make war upon the Lamb, and the Lamb with his elect, chosen, and faithful followers with him will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings.

On his clothing and his thigh he has this title written: King of kings and Lord of lords.