Then he awoke and tenderly took the child and His mother by night and made their escape to Egypt;

Then he awoke, tenderly took the child and His mother, and made the trip to the land of Israel.

He went to a town called Nazareth and made his home there, so that the saying of the prophet was fulfilled: "He shall be called a Nazarene."

This very John had his clothing made of camel's hair, and wore a leather belt around his waist; his food was dried locusts and wild honey.

But He left Nazareth and made His home in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali,

"You must never give the things that are sacred to dogs, and you must never throw your pearls before hogs, for fear they might trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.

And suddenly all the town turned out to meet Jesus, and as soon as they saw Him, they begged Him to move on and leave their neighborhood.

Yes, Father, I thank You that Your good pleasure made it so.

And he said, 'No, never, for while you are gathering the wild wheat plants you might root up the good ones with them.

and so passionately promised to give her anything she might ask for.

And they all ate and had aplenty. Then they took up the pieces left over, which made twelve basketfuls.

But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Everything I have that might be used for helping you, is devoted to God,"

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for it is now three days they have been staying with me, and they have nothing at all left to eat, and I fear they might give out on the way home."

And they all ate and had aplenty, and they took up the pieces left over, which made seven hamper-basketfuls.

Then Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for it is not man that made this known to you, but my Father in heaven.

For wherever two or three have met as my disciples, I am right there with them."

And because he could not pay it, his master ordered him to be sold, yea, even his wife and children and all he had, and payment to be made.

And He answered, "Have you not read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female,

For some are born incapable of marriage, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it who can."

and said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house must be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers."

Then the Pharisees went and made a plot to trap Him in argument.

"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

But at midnight there was a shout, 'Here comes the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!'

The man who had received the five thousand dollars at once went out and invested it, and made five thousand more.

In the same way the man who had received the two thousand made two thousand more.

The man who had received the five thousand dollars came up and brought him five thousand more, saying, 'You turned over to me five thousand dollars; here are five thousand more I made.'

Then the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Master, you turned over to me two thousand dollars; here are two thousand more I made.'

Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

But after I am raised from the dead, I will go back to Galilee to meet you."

But this has all taken place so that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled." Then the disciples all forsook Him and made their escape.

The men who had laid hands on Jesus took Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, at whose home the scribes and elders had met.

And while the charges were being made against Him by the high priests and elders, He made no answer.

So when they met for this purpose, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to set free, Barabbas, or Jesus, the so-called Christ?"

and made a crown of thorns and set it on His head, and they put a stick in His hand, and kneeling before Him they made sport of Him, saying, "All hail, you king of the Jews!"

And the high priests, too, made sport of Him, with the scribes and elders, and said,

Even the robbers who were crucified with Him made sport of Him in the same way.

On the next day, which is the day after the Preparation Day, the high priests and Pharisees met and went in a body to Pilate,

So off they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the boulder and setting a guard.

Then Jesus met them Himself, and said, "Good morning!" And they went up to Him and clasped His feet, and worshiped Him.

So they met and held a consultation with the elders, and bribed the soldiers with a large sum of money,

Now John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he used to live on dried locusts and wild honey.

Then He said to them, "The Sabbath was made to serve man and not man to keep the Sabbath.

And if Satan has made an insurrection against himself and become disunited, he cannot last but is surely coming to an end.

As soon as He got out of the boat, a man under the power of a foul spirit and from the tombs met Him.

And He wondered at their lack of faith in Him. Then He made a circle of the villages and continued teaching.

Then she rushed at once before the king, and made this request, "I want you this very minute to give me John the Baptist's head on a platter."

The apostles returned and met Jesus and reported to Him everything, how many things they had done and taught.

And the pieces they took up from the loaves made twelve basketfuls besides the pieces from the fish.

The Pharisees met about Him, and also some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

because it does not reach his heart but only his stomach, and then passes off into the waste?" In thus speaking He made all foods clean.

And they ate and had plenty. And they took up the pieces left over, which made seven hamper-basketfuls.

And whoever leads one of these lowly believers to do wrong, might better have a huge millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the sea.

If your hand makes you do wrong, cut it off. You might better go into life maimed than keep both your hands and go down to the pit, to the fire that is never put out.

And if your foot makes you do wrong, cut it off. You might better go into life crippled than keep both your feet and be thrown into the pit.

And if your eye makes you do wrong, tear it out. You might better go into the kingdom of God with only one eye than keep both your eyes and be thrown into the pit,

Then He left there and went through the district of Judea and crossed the Jordan, and crowds of people again met around Him, and again He began to teach them, as His custom was.

But from the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female.

Now in the distance He saw a fig tree covered with leaves, and He went up to it to see if He might find some figs on it, but when He got to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs.

And He continued teaching them and saying, "Does not the Scripture say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a cave for robbers."

for they kept saying, "It must not be at the feast, for there might be a riot."

But some of the guests were indignantly saying to themselves, "Why was such a waste of the perfume made?

It might have been sold for more than sixty dollars, and the money have been given to the poor." So they kept on grumbling at her.

So He sent off two of His disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

But after I am raised from the dead, I will go back to Galilee to meet you."

Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon the ground and kept praying that if it were possible He might escape the hour of agony,

Then all His disciples forsook Him and made their escape.

They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests, elders, and scribes met there.

"We ourselves have heard Him say, 'I will tear down this temple built by men's hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.'"

But He kept silent and made no answer at all. So the high priest again questioned Him in these words, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

But Jesus made no further answer at all, so that Pilate was astonished.

And they dressed Him in a purple robe and made a crown of thorns and crowned Him with it,

The high priests too made sport of Him to one another with the scribes, and kept saying, "He saved others but He cannot save Himself!

Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see it and believe!" Even the men who were crucified with Him made sport of Him.

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.'"

So they began to make signs to his father to find out what he might wish him to be named.

and He has made a mighty Saviour for us in the house of His servant David,

Every ravine must be filled up, and every mountain and hill leveled down; the crooked places must become straight roads, and the rough roads must be made smooth,

For at the haul of fish that they had made, bewildering amazement had seized him and all his men,

As soon as He stepped out upon the shore, there met Him a man from town, who was under the power of demons; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and did not stay in a house but in tombs.

And they did so, and made all the people sit down and recline.

The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met Him.

Now a controversy sprang up among them as to which of them might be the greatest.

At that very moment, by the power of the Holy Spirit, He exulted and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, I thank you that your good pleasure made it so.

You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside too?

plotting, as if in ambush, to entrap Him in something that might fall from His lips.

There is nothing covered up that will not be uncovered, nor secret that will not be made known;

But He said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or umpire in your affairs?"

But they made no answer. So He took hold of the man and cured him and sent him away.

"Or what king, when he is going to make an attack on another king, does not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand soldiers to meet the other king who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

Then the Lord said to them, "If you had faith that grows like a mustard seed, you might have been saying to this mulberry tree, 'Pull yourself up by the roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and it would have obeyed you!

And as He was going into one village, ten lepers met Him, who got up at some distance from Him,

For He will be turned over to the heathen and sport made of Him, He will be insulted and spit upon,

Then after he had gotten the appointment as king, he returned and ordered those slaves to whom he had given his money to be called in, that he might find out what business they had done.

Now the first one came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars, sir, has made two hundred more.'

The second one came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars, sir, has made a hundred!'

and He said to them, "The Scripture says, 'And my house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave for robbers."

So at the proper time He sent a slave to the tenants, that they might pay him his part of the grape-crop, but the tenants beat him and sent him back empty-handed.

for all the rest of them made their contributions out of their surplus, but she out of her want dropped in all that she had to live on."

So the high priests and the scribes continued to seek how they might put Him to death, for they were afraid of the people.

They were delighted and made a bargain to pay him for it.