But just as this thought occurred to him, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for it is through the influence of the Holy Spirit that she has become an expectant mother.

When He reached the other side, in the district of Gadara, there faced Him two men, who were under the power of demons, who were just coming out from the tombs. They were such terrors that nobody could pass that way.

And just as He was saying these things to them, an official came up and fell on his knees before Him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand upon her and she will come to life."

The Son of Man came eating and drinking with others, and they say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, a chum of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!' And yet wisdom is vindicated by her doings!"

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, "Just look! Your disciples are doing something that it is against the law to do on the sabbath!"

but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls.

Just as the wild wheat plants are gathered and burned up, so it will be at the close of the age.

For Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him out of the way by putting him in prison, just to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

Just before day He went out to them, walking on the sea.

and they continued to beg Him to let them touch just the tassel on His coat, and all who barely touched it were completely cured.

Then His disciples came up to Him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were knocked breathless to hear what you have just said?"

It was just after that that Jesus Christ for the first time clearly taught His disciples that He had to go to Jerusalem and submit to many forms of suffering at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, but be raised to life on the third day.

But I say to you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but treated him as they pleased. Just so the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands."

Just at that moment the disciples came up and asked Jesus, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

Just so it is not the will of my Father in heaven that a single one of these little ones be lost.

just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

Jesus answered them, "Let me too ask you just one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

For just as the lightning starts in the east and flashes clear to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

"Now learn what the story of the fig tree means. Just as soon as its branches grow tender, and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

For just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

For just as in the days before the Flood people went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, until the very day Noah entered the ark,

"For it is just like a man who was going on a long journey from his homeland, who called to him his slaves and turned his property over to them.

and all the nations will be gathered before him, and He will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats,

He answered, "The man who has just dipped his hand with me in the dish is the man who is going to betray me.

Then the high priest tore his clothes, and said, "He has uttered blasphemy, What more evidence do we need? You have just heard His blasphemy.

And just as soon as He started to come up out of the water, He saw the heavens split open and the Spirit coming down like a dove to enter Him.

Just at that moment there was a man in their synagogue who was under the spell of a foul spirit, and so he screamed,

So the Pharisees were saying to Him, "Just look! Why are they doing on the Sabbath what it is against the law to do?"

Then He began again to teach by the seashore. And a crowd gathered around Him so great that He got into a boat and was sitting in it, just off the shore, while all the people were on the land close to the sea.

For this very Herod had sent and seized John and bound him and put him in prison, just to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

And whatever villages or towns or country places He came to, they would lay the sick in the market-places and beg Him to let them touch just the tassel of His coat, and everybody that touched it was cured.

But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and people treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."

Jesus said to them, "Let me ask you just one question, and if you answer me, I will tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

"Now learn what the story of the fig tree means. Just as soon as its branches grow tender, and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

So off the disciples went; they reached the city, found everything just as He had told them, and they got the Passover supper ready.

Then again Pilate asked Him, "Have you no answer to make? Just see how many charges they are making against you!"

It was very early, just after the sun had risen, on the first day of the week, when they went to the tomb.

But you go and tell His disciples and Peter, 'He is going back to Galilee to meet you; you will see Him there, just as He told you.'"

just as the original eyewitnesses who became ministers of the message

Then the shepherds went back continuing to give glory and praise to God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told them.

Just at that time she came up and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem.

When His parents saw Him, they were utterly amazed, and yet His mother said to Him, "My child, why did you treat us so? Just see how your father and I, in agony of mind, have been searching for you!"

So if you will worship before me just once, it shall all be yours."

Then He warned him not to tell anybody, but rather He said, "Go, show yourself to the priest, and, to prove it to the people, make the offering for your purification, just as Moses prescribed."

Continue to be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking with others, and yet you say, 'Just look at Him! A glutton and a wine-drinker, an intimate friend of tax-collectors and notorious sinners!'

They landed in the neighborhood of Gerasa, which is just across the lake from Galilee.

Just then a man named Jairus came up, who had long been leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet and persisted in begging Him to come to his house,

But Jesus heard it and said to him, "Do not be afraid; just have faith, and she will get well."

And just as they were starting to leave Him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" -- although he did not know what he was saying.

Just then an expert in the law got up to test Him by asking, "Teacher, what shall I do to get possession of eternal life?"

for a friend of mine has just come to my house on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him to eat.'

Just as He was saying this, a woman in the crowd lifted her voice and said, "Blessed is the mother who bore you and nursed you!"

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this age.

Just then a man in the crowd said to Him, "Tell my brother to share with me our inheritance."

Just think of the ravens! For they neither sow nor reap, they have no storehouses nor barns, and yet God continues to feed them. How much more are you worth than the birds!

Just think of how the lilies grow. They do not toil nor spin. But, I tell you, not even Solomon, in all his splendor, was ever dressed like one of them.

Just at that time some people came up to tell Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with that of their sacrifices.

But he answered, 'Leave it, sir, just one more year, till I dig around it and manure it.

Just at that time some Pharisees came up and said to Him, "Get out at once! Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you!"

Just in front of Him was a man who was suffering from dropsy.

But they all in the same attitude began to excuse themselves. The first one said, 'I have just bought a piece of land and I must go and look it over. Please excuse me.'

Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I am on my way to try them. Please excuse me.'

Another said, 'I have just gotten married, and so I cannot come.'

"Just so, no one of you who does not forsake everything that he has, can be a disciple of mine.

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.

Just so, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God over one sinful person who repents!"

I no longer deserve to be called your son; just treat me like one of your hired men."'

His son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your opinion; I no longer deserve to be called your son; just treat me like one of your hired men.'

But we just had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found.'"

for just as when the lightning flashes, it shines from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of Man be when He comes.

And just as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be in the time of the Son of Man.

So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a mulberry tree, just to get a glimpse of Him, for Jesus was coming through on that street.

said, "Go on to the village in front of you, in which, just as you enter, you will find a colt tied, which no man has ever yet ridden. Untie it and bring it here to me.

So off the two messengers went and found it just as He had told them.

Just as He was approaching the city, going down the Mount of Olives, the whole throng of the disciples began to praise God exultantly and loudly for all the wonder-works that they had seen,

As He approached it, just as soon as He saw the city, He burst into tears over it,

He answered them, "Just after you enter the city, a man with a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters

So they went off and found it just as He had said, and they prepared the Passover supper.

It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was just beginning.

Then some of our company went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Him."

The real light, which sheds light upon everyone, was just coming into the world.

As soon as the manager tasted the water just turned into wine, without knowing where it came from, although the servants who had drawn the water did know, he called the bridegroom

The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent on the pole, the Son of Man must be lifted up,

and Jacob's spring was there. So Jesus, tired from His journey, was sitting by the spring just as He was. It was about noon.

Jesus answered her, "If you just knew what God has to give and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask Him, and He would have given you living water."

But a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the real worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and reality, for the Father is looking for just such worshipers.

Just then His disciples came up, and they were surprised to find Him talking with a woman, yet not one of them asked Him, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?"

For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them live on, so the Son too makes alive any whom He chooses to.

For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted to the Son to have life in Himself.

I cannot do anything by myself. As I get orders, so I judge, and my judgment is a just one, for I am not trying to do my own will but the will of Him who has sent me.

Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever keeps on eating me will live because of me.

Jesus answered them, "I have done just one deed, and yet you are all dumbfounded!

Just look! He is talking in public, and yet they do not say a word to Him! It cannot be that the authorities have really learned that He is the Christ, can it?

Then Jesus said to them, "Just a little while longer I am to be with you, and then I am going back to Him who has sent me.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my own life for my sheep.

The disciples said to Him, "Teacher, the Jews just now were trying to stone you, and are you going back there again?"

Dear children, I am to be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, but, as I told the Jews, so I now tell you, you cannot just now go where I am going.

I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another.