Then tell him, "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Here is the man whose name is The Branch. He will branch out from where he is and will rebuild the Temple of the LORD.

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "I'm greatly jealous about Zion, and that makes me furious about her.'

Here's what you must do: tell the truth to your neighbors, administer true and peaceful justice in your courtrooms,

Look! The Lord will evict her, striking at her power in the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

Ashkelon will see it happen and will be terrified; Gaza will tremble greatly. Ekron will be ashamed of her expectations, Gaza's king will perish, and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.

"I will strengthen them in the LORD, and they will march here and there in his name," declares the LORD.

Yet you ask, "For what reason?' Because the LORD acts as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you were unfaithful to her, your partner, the wife of your covenant.

Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly.

After he had thought about it, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," he said, "don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

He did not have marital relations with her until she had given birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.

"A voice was heard in Ramah: wailing and great mourning. Rachel was crying for her children. She refused to be comforted, because they no longer existed."

But I say to you, anyone who stares at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

"It was also said, "Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.'

But I say to you, any man who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began serving him.

Suddenly, they screamed, "What do you want with us, Son of God? Did you come here to torture us before the proper time?"

Now a large herd of pigs was grazing some distance away from them.

So the demons began to plead with Jesus, saying, "If you drive us out, send us into that herd of pigs."

He told them, "Go," and they came out and went into the pigs. Suddenly, the whole herd rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.

While Jesus was telling them these things, an official came up and fell down before him. "My daughter has just died," he said. "But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

When Jesus turned and saw her, he said, "Be courageous, daughter! Your faith has made you well." And from that very hour the woman was well.

When the crowd had been driven outside, he went in, took her by the hand, and the young lady got up.

I came to turn "a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, "Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Absolved from every act of sin, is wisdom by her kith and kin."

But I tell you, something greater than the Temple is here!

"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, whom I love, and with whom I am pleased! I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to unbelievers.

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look something greater than Jonah is here!

The queen of the south will stand up and condemn the people living today, because she came from so far away to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look! Something greater than Solomon is here!"

Then pointing with his hand at his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers,

John had been telling him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked for.

Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me, right here on a platter, the head of John the Baptist."

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

They told him, "We don't have anything here except five loaves of bread and two fish."

But he didn't answer her at all. Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, "Send her away, because she keeps on screaming as she follows us."

Then Jesus answered her, "Lady, your faith is great! What you want is granted." That very hour her daughter was healed.

I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

Then Peter told Jesus, "Lord, it's good that we're here! If you want, I'll set up three shelters one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

Jesus replied, "You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

He told them, "Because of your lack of faith. I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.

They asked him, "Why, then, did Moses order us "to give a certificate of divorce and divorce her'?"

About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, "Why are you standing here all day long without work?'

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons. She bowed down in front of him to ask him for a favor.

He asked her, "What do you want?" She told him, "Promise that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left."

He asked him, "Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But the man was speechless.

Now in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be, since all of them had married her?"

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

But he told them, "You see all these things, don't you? I tell all of you with certainty, there isn't a single stone here that will be left standing on top of another. They will all be torn down."

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here's the Messiah!' or "There he is!', don't believe it,

But at midnight there came a shout: "The groom is here! Come out to meet him!'

Since I was afraid, I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here, take what's yours!'

Here's why: I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.

I tell all of you with certainty, wherever this gospel is proclaimed throughout the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her."

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane. He told the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over there and pray."

Then he told them, "I'm so deeply grieved that I feel I'm about to die. Wait here and stay awake with me."

Jesus asked him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then the other men surged forward, took hold of Jesus, and arrested him.

He is not here. He has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying in bed, sick with a fever, so they promptly told Jesus about her.

He went up to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began serving them.

Then looking at the people sitting around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

Now a large herd of pigs was grazing on a hillside nearby.

So he let them do this. The unclean spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down a steep slope into the sea and drowned there.

and begged him urgently, saying, "My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live."

Although she had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all of her money, she had not been helped at all, but rather grew worse.

Her bleeding stopped at once, and she felt in her body that she was healed from her illness.

So the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came forward fearfully, fell down trembling in front of him, and told him the whole truth.

He told her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed from your illness."

He took her by the hand and told her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Young lady, I tell you, get up!"

But Jesus strictly ordered them not to let anyone know about this. He also told them to give her something to eat.

This is the builder, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon, isn't it? His sisters are here with us, aren't they?" And they were offended by him.

He swore with an oath to her, "I'll give you anything you ask for, up to half of my kingdom."

So she went out and asked her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother replied, "The head of John the Baptist."

Immediately the girl hurried back to the king with her request, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

The king was deeply saddened, yet because of his oaths and his guests he was reluctant to refuse her.

Then he brought John's head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

Now the woman happened to be a Greek, born in Phoenicia in Syria. She kept asking him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

But he kept telling her, "First let the children be filled. It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."

Then he told her, "Because you have said this, go! The demon has left your daughter."

So she went home and found her child lying in bed, and the demon was gone.

His disciples answered him, "Where could anyone get enough bread to feed these people out here in the wilderness?"

Then he told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death until they see the kingdom of God arrive with power."

Then Peter told Jesus, "Rabbi, it's good that we're here! Let's set up three shelters one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to divorce her."

So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.

And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

who will not receive a hundred times as much here in this world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecution as well as eternal life in the age to come.

If anyone asks you, "Why are you doing this?,' say, "The Lord needs it,' and he will send it back here at once."

Then the second married her and died without having children, and so did the third.

In the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since all seven had married her?"

because all of them contributed out of their surplus, but out of her poverty she has given everything she had to live on."

"Do you see these large buildings?" Jesus responded. "Not one stone here will be left on another that will not be torn down."

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here is the Messiah!', or, "Look! There he is!' don't believe it,

This perfume could have been sold for more than 300 denarii and the money given to the destitute." So they got extremely angry with her.

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me,

I tell all of you with certainty, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her."

Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, "Sit down here while I pray."

So he told them, "I'm deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake."

But he told them, "Stop being astonished! You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised. He is not here. Look at the place where they laid him.

When they heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, they refused to believe Mary.

During the reign of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.