The maiden will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel (which may be translated, God is with us).

And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people."

He also sent them to Bethlehem, telling them, "Go and make a careful search for the child, and when you have found him report to me, so that I may go and worship him too."

where he stayed until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had said by the prophet: I called my Son from Egypt.

I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

John tried to prevent him; "I need to get baptized by you," he said, "and you come to me!"

And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight."

he said, "I will give you all that if you will fall down and worship me."

so he said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."

Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;

So your light is to shine before men, that they may see the good you do and glorify your Father in heaven.

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven: he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

so that your fast may be seen not by men but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

Judge not, that you may not be judged yourselves;

How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take out the splinter from your eye,' when there lies the plank in your own eye?

It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord!', who will get into the Realm of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Many will say to me at that Day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? did we not cast out daemons in your name? did we not perform many miracles in your name?'

Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from my presence, you workers of iniquity.'

A leper came up and knelt before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cleanse me";

saying, "Sir, my servant is lying ill at home with paralysis, in terrible agony."

The captain answered, "Sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof; only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me go and bury my father first of all";

Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

There a paralytic was brought to him, lying on a pallet; and when Jesus saw the faith of the bearers he said to the paralytic, "Courage, my son! your sins are forgiven."

As Jesus passed along from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me"; and he rose and followed him.

As he said this, an official came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter is just dead; do come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

Then Jesus turned round, and when he saw her he said, "Courage, my daughter, your faith has made you well." And the woman was well from that hour.

and you will be haled before governors and kings for my sake ??it will be a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

Everyone who will acknowledge me before men, I will acknowledge him before my Father in heaven;

and whoever will disown me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me:

he who will not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

He who has found his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives Him who sent me.

And blessed is he who is repelled by nothing in me!"

This is he of whom it is written, Here I send my messenger before your face to prepare the way for you.

All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father ??nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Come to me, all who are labouring and burdened, and I will refresh you.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find your souls refreshed;

my yoke is kindly and my burden light."

Here is my servant whom I have selected, my Beloved in whom my soul delights; I will invest him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim religion to the Gentiles.

He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

But he replied to the man who told him this, "Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?"

Stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, that is my brother and sister and mother."

Let them both grow side by side till harvest; and at harvest-time I will tell the reapers to gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to be burnt, but to collect the wheat in my granary.'"

Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable ??35 to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.

And she, at the instigation of her mother, said, "Give me John the Baptist's head this moment on a dish."

He said, "Bring them here to me."

Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is really you, order me to come to you on the water."

but when he saw the strength of the wind he was afraid and began to sink. "Lord," he shouted, "save me."

Jesus at once stretched his hand out and caught him, saying, "How little you trust me! Why did you doubt?"

This people honours me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me:

vain is their worship of me, for the doctrines they teach are but human precepts."

He replied, "Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.

And a woman of Canaan came out of these parts and wailed, "Have pity on me, Lord, O Son of David! My daughter is cruelly possessed by a daemon."

But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, do help me."

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat. I will not send them away starving, in case they faint on the road."

When Jesus noted this he said, "How little trust you have in me! Why all this talk, because you have brought no bread?

Jesus answered him, "You are a blessed man, Simon Bar-jona, for it was my Father in heaven, not flesh and blood, that revealed this to you.

Now I tell you, Peter is your name and on this rock I will build my church; the powers of Hades shall not succeed against it.

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me! Your outlook is not God's but man's."

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me;

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

So Peter addressed Jesus and said, "Lord, it is a good thing we are here; pray let me put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight: listen to him."

"Ah, sir," he said, "have pity on my son; he is an epileptic and he suffers cruelly, he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I still be with you? How long have I to bear with you? Bring him here to me."

He said, "Yes." But when he went indoors Jesus spoke first; "Tell me, Simon," he said, "from whom do earthly kings collect customs or taxes? Is it from their own people or from aliens?"

However, not to give any offence to them, go to the sea, throw a hook in, and take the first fish you bring up. Open its mouth and you will find a five-shilling piece; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself."

and whoever receives a little child like this for my sake, receives me.

But whoever is a hindrance to one of these little ones who believe in me, better for him to have a great mill-stone hung round his neck and be sunk in the deep sea.

See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, their angels in heaven always look on the face of my Father in heaven.

Tell me, if a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays, will he not leave the ninety-nine sheep on the hills and go in search of the one that has strayed?

but if he will not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that every case may be decided on the evidence of two or of three witnesses.

I tell you another thing: if two of you agree on earth about anything you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

For where two or three have gathered in my name, I am there among them."

Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often is my brother to sin against me and be forgiven? Up to seven times?"

That is why the Realm of heaven may be compared to a king who resolved to settle accounts with his servants.

So the servant fell down and prayed him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you it all.'

So his fellow-servant fell down and implored him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.'

Then his master summoned him and said, 'You scoundrel of a servant! I discharged all that debt for you, because you implored me.

My heavenly Father will do the same to you unless you each forgive your brother from the heart."

but Jesus said to them, "Let the children alone, do not stop them from coming to me: the Realm of heaven belongs to such as these."

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? One alone is good. But if you want to get into Life, keep the commands."

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell your property, give the money to the poor and you shall have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel.

Everyone who has left brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands or houses for my name's sake will get a hundred times as much and inherit life eternal.

Then he replied to one of them, 'My man, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree with me for a shilling?

Can I not do as I please with what belongs to me? Have you a grudge because I am generous?'

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said, "Give orders that my two sons are to sit at your right hand and at your left in your Realm."

"You shall drink my cup," said Jesus, "but it is not for me to grant seats at my right hand and at my left; these belong to the men for whom they have been destined by my Father."

So Jesus stopped and called them. He said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you and you will at once find an ass tethered with a colt alongside of her; untether them and bring them to me.

and told them, "It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers."

and noticing a fig tree by the roadside he went up to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you after this!" And instantly the fig tree withered up.

Jesus replied, "Well, I will ask you a question, and if you answer me, then I will tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

Tell me what you think. A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard to-day';