saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East and have come to worship him."

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child, and when you have found him, bring back word to me, so that I too may come and worship him."

and remained there until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."

and do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned."

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'

Truly, I say to you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny.

"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'

"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.'

"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.

"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

"Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

"Thus, when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

"And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

"And when you fast, do not look gloomy, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

But the centurion answered him, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be healed.

When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, "Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.

Then to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; be it done for you as you have believed." And his servant was healed at that very hour.

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"

But when Jesus heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David."

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

When they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a 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;

the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to babes.

"All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

He said to them, "Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him:

Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are innocent?

And if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased! I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

Some fell on rocky places, where they did not have much soil, and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of soil.

For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

For this people's heart has grown dull. And their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and they understand with their hearts, and turn so that I should heal them.'

Jesus asked, "Have you understood all these things?" "Yes," they said to him.

because John had said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

They said to him, "We have only five loaves here and two fish."

But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might have received from me is a gift to God'

he is not to honor his father with it. Thus you have made the word of God of no effect for the sake of your tradition.

And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried to him, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed."

Now Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have been with me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way."

And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

And they discussed among themselves, saying, "It is because we have taken no bread."

But Jesus, aware of this, said, "O men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?

"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.

So he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you."

"But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

So the servant fell on his knees before him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.'

So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.'

Should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?'

And he answered them, "Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,'

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it."

Now behold, one came up and said to him, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?"

The young man said to him, "All these I have kept. What do I still lack?"

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Then Peter answered him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?"

Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day?'

saying, 'These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.'

And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be quiet; but they cried out all the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers.'"

and they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have perfected praise'?"

And Jesus answered them, "Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will be done.

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith."

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Again, he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding.'"

But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

But as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master, and you are all brethren.

And do not call anyone on earth your 'Father,' for you have one Father, he who is in heaven.

Nor are you to be called 'Teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law, justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

See, I have told you beforehand.

But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.

So he who had received the five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents.'

His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

He also who had received the two talents came and said, 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents.'

His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'

Then he who had received the one talent came and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

So I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.'

But his master answered him, 'You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed?

Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.

For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.