But Joseph her husband, because he was just a man and unwilling to disgrace her, was minded to put her away secretly.

"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her is by the Holy Spirit; and she will bear a son, and you are to call him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

but did not live with her until after the birth of her son, whom he called Jesus.

A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and lamentation??achel weeping for her children, Inconsolable, because they were no more!

This John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

But I say to you that whoever looks with lust at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

"It was also said, "Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of separation.

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress, and whoever marries her when so divorced, commits adultery.

"Nor must you swear by your head, since you cannot make one hair white or black.

Then Jesus said to the captain. "Go! As you have believed, so be it unto you." And his slave was healed in that very hour.

He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose and waited upon him.

And here they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, "Courage, son, your sins are forgiven."

As he was saying these words to them, a ruler came up and knelt before him, saying. "My daughter has just died; but come, put your hand upon her, and she will live."

But Jesus turned and saw her and said, "Be of good courage, daughter, your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that hour.

When, however, the crowd had been driven out, he went in and took her hand, and the little girl woke up.

"But whenever they apprehend you, do not be anxious about how you shall speak or what you shall say; for it will be given you in that very hour what to say.

"For I came to set "a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

"Go and tell John," was Jesus' answer, "what you hear and see;

and the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Lo, a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is justified by her deeds."

"But I tell you that One is here who is greater than the temple.

He will not strive nor cry aloud, Nor shall anyone hear is voice in the streets.

"The men of Nineveh will stand up in the Judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented under the preaching of Jonah, and lo! a greater than Jonah is here!

"The Queen of the South will rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and lo! a greater than Solomon is here!

He who has ears, let him hear!"

"This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

And in them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says. "Hearing you will hear and not understand; Seeing you will see and not perceive;

For the heart of his people is made fat, Their ears are dull of hearing; Their eyes, too, have they closed, Lest some day their eyes should perceive, And their ears should hear, And their heart should understand and turn, And I should heal them.

"But happy are your eyes, because they see, and your ears because they hear.

"In solemn truth I tell you that many prophets and holy men have seen it not, and to hear what you are hearing, and have not heard it.

"And then shall the just shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears to hear, listen!

because John kept telling him, "It is not right for you to have her."

and so pleased Herod that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked for.

So, prompted by her mother, the girl said, "Give me at once, upon a dish, the head of John the Baptist."

The king was displeased because of this, but because of his oaths and his guests he ordered it to be given her.

the head was brought on a dish, and given to the young girl, who took it to her mother.

"We have nothing here," they replied, "except five loaves and two fishes."

"Bring them here to me," said Jesus.

But he answered her not a word. Then the disciples came up and kept beseeching him. "Send her away," they said, "because she wails after us."

Then Jesus answered her. "O woman, great is your faith. It shall be for you even as you desire." And from that hour her daughter was healed.

"Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.

Solemnly I tell you, some of those who are standing here shall not taste death, till they have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Here he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

Then Peter said to Jesus. "Master, it is good that we are here! If you are willing I will make here three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

In reply Jesus said: "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I endure you? Bring him here to me!"

Then Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, and it came out of him; and the boy was cured from that very hour.

At that hour his disciples came to Jesus and asked him, "Who is really greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

They answered, "Why then did Moses command the husband to give her 'a written bill of divorce,' and so to put her away?"

"And I tell you that any man who divorces his wife for any cause except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

"And every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my sake, shall many times as much, and fall heir to eternal life.

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out at dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

"When he went out about five o'clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, "'Why have you been standing here idle, all the day long?'

"'Those last men,' they said, 'have toiled only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the burning heat of the day.'

Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, kneeling down and begging a favor of him.

"Go on into the village facing you, and at once you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me.

they led back the ass and her colt, and placed their cloaks on them.

they asked him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Surely," said Jesus, "and have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?"

But when the vine-dressers saw his son, they said to themselves: "'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.'

"'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding-garment?' "The man was speechless.

"In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? They all had her."

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

"You see all these buildings?" he answered them; "I tell you solemnly that there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be torn down."

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see to it that you are not afraid. Such things must happen, but the end is not yet.

"If at that time any one should say to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' believe him not.

"But immediately after the tribulation of those days, "The sun will be darkened, The moon will not shed her light, The stars will fall from the sky, And the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

"Learn from the fig tree, her parable; when her branches are become soft, and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near;

"But no one knows about that day and hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour when you do not expect him, the Son of man is coming.

on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour which he does not know, the Master of that servant will arrive

"Be watchful then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

"In solemn truth I tell you that wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, what she has done shall be told about, as her memorial."

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, "Sit down here, while I go and pray yonder."

and he said to them. "My soul is an anguish, even unto death! Stay here, and keep watch with me."

Then he came to his disciples, and found them asleep, and said to Peter. "So you were none of you strong enough to watch with me even one hour!

Then he came to the disciples and said: "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Look! the hour is at hand; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear what they are testifying against you?"

He is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where the Master was lying!

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and he had a leather girdle round his loins, and he ate locusts, and "honey of the wood."

Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick of fever, and without delay they told him about her.

So he came and took her hand and raised her up. The fever left her at once, and she began to wait upon them.

"Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God, that one is my brother and sister and mother."

"Any one who has ears to hear," he added, "let him listen to this."

As soon as they hear it, Satan immediately comes and snatches away the Word which has been sown in them.

And like the sowing upon 'stony ground' are those who, whenever they hear the Word, at once receive it with joy,

If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."

And he said to them. "Take heed what you hear. With what measure you measure it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.

"My little daughter," he said, "is dying. I beseech you, come and lay your hands on her, that she may recover and live."

At once the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was cured of her complaint.

and the woman knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

Then he took the child's hand and said to her, "Talitha, cumi," that is to say, "Little girl, I am speaking to you; arise!"

He, however, repeatedly cautioned them not to let any one know about it, and directed them to give her something to eat.

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?"

He even swore to her that whatever she asked, he would give it to her, up to half his kingdom.

So she came out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptist," she replied.

So she at once hurried in to the king and made her request, "I want you," she said, "to give me, without delay, the head of John the Baptist on a charger."

Then the king was exceedingly sorry; yet on account of his oaths and his guests he was unwilling to disappoint her.

And he went and beheaded John in prison, brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young girl, and she gave it to her mother.

Send the people away so that they may go to the farms and villages about here, and buy themselves something to eat."

After he rose and left that place, he went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. Here he went into a house and wished no one to know it but he could not be hid.

(the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by race), and again and again she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

"Let the children be filled first," he said to her. "It is unseemly to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."