She will bear a son, and you will call him 'Jesus,' for he will save his people from their sins."

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

but he did not live with her as a husband till she bore a son, whom he called Jesus.

said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

"Blessed are those who feel poor in spirit! the Realm of heaven is theirs.

Blessed are the pure in heart! they will see God.

give to the man who begs from you, and turn not away from him who wants to borrow.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Also, when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street-corners, so as to be seen by men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

When you pray, go into your room and shut the door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

Do not pray by idle rote like pagans, for they suppose they will be heard the more they say;

Let this be how you pray: 'our Father in heaven, thy name be revered,

a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot bear sound fruit.

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he then said to the paralytic, "Get up, lift your pallet, and go home."

The crowds who saw it were awed and glorified God for giving such power to men.

nor do men pour fresh wine into old wineskins, otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine is spilt, the wineskins are ruined. They put fresh wine into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."

so pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to gather his harvest."

And summoning his twelve disciples he gave them power over unclean spirits, power to cast them out and also to heal every disease and every ailment.

Some other seeds fell on good soil and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirtyfold.

after he had dismissed the crowds he went up the hill by himself to pray. When evening came he was there alone,

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.

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."

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."

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.

said, Hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh?

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray over them. The disciples checked the people,

"Which?" he said. Jesus answered, "The commands, you shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness,

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 answered them, "You go wrong because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

Pray that you may not have to fly in winter or on the sabbath,

Then the Sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then all tribes on earth will wail, they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

"the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that."

The poor you always have beside you, but you will not always have me.

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, "Sit here till I go over there and pray."

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Jesus Bar-Abbas;

so, when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, "Who do you want released? Jesus Bar-Abbas or Jesus the so-called 'Christ'?"

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask Bar-Abbas and to have Jesus killed.

The governor said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" "Bar-Abbas," they said.

Then he released Bar-Abbas for them; Jesus he scourged and handed over to be crucified.

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralytic,

with the power of casting out daemons;

some other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it, so it bore no crop;

some other seed fell on good soil and bore a crop that sprang up and grew, yielding at the rate of thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

As for those who were sown 'on good soil,' these are the people who listen to the word and take it in and bear fruit at the rate of thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

And summoning the twelve he proceeded to send them out two by two; he gave them power over the unclean spirits,

and after saying goodbye to them he went up the hill to pray.

I tell you truly," he said, to them, "there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the coming of God's Reign with power."

He answered them, "O faithless generation, how long must I still be with you? how long have I to bear with you? Bring him to me."

and the pair shall be one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

You know the commands: do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honour your father and mother."

Jesus looked at him and loved him. "There is one thing you want," he said; "go and sell all you have; give the money to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, take up the cross, and follow me."

So I tell you, whatever you pray for and ask, believe you have got it and you shall have it.

Also, whenever you stand up to pray, if you have anything against anybody, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

Jesus said to them, "Is this not where you go wrong? ??you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.

they prey upon the property of widows and offer long unreal prayers. All the heavier will their sentence be!"

but a poor widow came up and put in two little coins amounting to a halfpenny.

And he called his disciples and said to them, "I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than all who have put their money into the treasury;

Pray it may not be winter when it comes,

Then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time.

Now when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, lying at table, a woman came up with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, which had cost a great sum; the flask she broke and poured the perfume over his head.

This perfume might have been sold for over three hundred shillings, and the poor might have got that." So they upbraided her.

The poor you always have beside you, and you can be kind to them whenever you want; but you will not always have me.

Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, "Sit here till I pray."

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

for while many bore false witness against him their evidence did not agree.

Some got up and bore false witness against him, saying,

Jesus said, "I am. And, what is more, you will all see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

(There was a man called Bar-Abbas in prison, among the rioters who had committed murder during the insurrection.)

But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Bar-Abbas for them instead.

So, as Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, he released Bar-Abbas for them; Jesus he handed over to be crucified, after he had scourged him.

Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

but the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you must call his name John.

he will go in front of Him with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, turning the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make a people ready and prepared for the Lord."

You are to conceive and bear a son, and you must call his name Jesus.

The angel answered her, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Most High will overshadow you; hence what is born will be called holy, Son of God.

princes he has dethroned and the poor he has uplifted,

All who heard of it bore it in mind; they said, "Whatever will this child become?" For the hand of the Lord was indeed with him.

and also to offer the sacrifice prescribed in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.

for mine eyes have seen thy saving power

so shall all flesh see the saving power of God.'

and the devil said to him, "I will give you all their power and grandeur, for it has been made over to me and I can give it to anyone I choose.

and They will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

Then Jesus came back in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and the news of him spread over all the surrounding country.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: for he has consecrated me to preach the gospel to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release for captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set free the oppressed,

they rose up, put him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, in order to hurl him down.

Then amazement came over them all; they talked it over among themselves, saying, "What does this mean? He orders the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!"

One day he was teaching, and near him sat Pharisees and doctors of the Law who had come from every village of Galilee and Judaea as well as from Jerusalem. Now the power of the Lord was present for the work of healing.

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralysed man, "Rise, I tell you, lift your mattress and go home."

It was in these days that he went off to the hillside to pray. He spent the whole night in prayer to God,

Indeed the whole of the crowd made efforts to touch him, for power issued from him and cured everybody.

Then, raising his eyes he looked at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you poor! the Realm of God is yours.

bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

give, and you will have ample measure given you ??they will pour into your lap measure pressed down, shaken together, and running over; for the measure you deal out to others will be dealt back to yourselves."

No sound tree bears rotten fruit, nor again does a rotten tree bear sound fruit:

So he replied, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard; that the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the poor the gospel is preached.

some other seed fell on sound soil, and springing up bore a crop, a hundredfold." When he said this he called out, "He who has an ear, let him listen to this."

As for the seed in the good soil, that means those who hear and hold fast the word in a good and sound heart and so bear fruit stedfastly.