"The maiden will be pregnant and will have a son, And they will name him Immanuel."?? word which means "God with us."

So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.

" 'And you, Bethlehem in Judah's land, You are by no means least important among the leading places of Judah, For from you will come a leader Who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.' "

Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another way.

Then he awoke and took the child and his mother by night and took refuge in Egypt,

to fulfil what the Lord said by the prophet, "I called my son from Egypt."

Then Herod saw that he had been tricked by the astrologers, and he was very angry, and he sent and made away with all the boys in Bethlehem and in all that neighborhood who were two years old or under, for that was the tune he had learned from the astrologers by his inquiries.

Then the saying was fulfilled which was uttered by the prophet Jeremiah,

and he went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in fulfilment of the saying of the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

It was he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, when he said, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight!' "

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, in acknowledgment of their sins.

Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance!

But the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is going to be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

But John dissuaded him, and said, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

But Jesus answered, "Let it be so this time, for it is right for us to do everything that God requires." Then John consented.

Then Jesus was guided by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.

And he left Nazareth and went and settled in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali,

in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah,

As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was afterward called Peter, and his brother, Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

"Blessed are the mourners, for they will be consoled!

"Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for uprightness, for they will be satisfied!

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy!

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called God's sons!

Be glad and exult over it, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way they persecuted the prophets who went before you!

"You are the salt of the earth! But if salt loses its strength, how can it be made salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden underfoot.

You are the light of the world! A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hidden.

For I tell you, as long as heaven and earth endure, not one dotting of an i or crossing of a t will be dropped from the Law until it is all observed.

Anyone, therefore, who weakens one of the slightest of these commands, and teaches others to do so, will be ranked lowest in the Kingdom of Heaven; but anyone who observes them and teaches others to do so will be ranked high in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Be quick and come to terms with your opponent while you are on the way to court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.

But I tell you not to swear at all, either by heaven, for it is God's throne,

or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.

You must not swear by your own head, for you cannot make one single hair white or black.

But your way of speaking must be 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything that goes beyond that comes from the evil one.

So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is.

so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

"When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the squares, to let people see them. I tell you, that is the only reward they will get!

And when you pray, do not repeat empty phrases as the heathen do, for they imagine that their prayers will be heard if they use words enough.

You must not be like them. For God, who is your Father, knows what you need before you ask him.

This, therefore, is the way you are to pray: 'Our Father in heaven, Your name be revered!

Your kingdom come! Your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven!

For wherever your treasure is, your heart will be also.

The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is sound, your whole body will be light,

but if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, your very light is darkness, how deep the darkness will be!

No slave can belong to two masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or stand by one and make light of the other. You cannot serve God and money.

So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries of its own. Let each day be content with its own ills.

For you will be judged by the standard you judge by, and men will pay you back with the same measure you have used with them.

Why do you keep looking at the speck in your brother's eye, and pay no attention to the beam that is in your own?

Ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you.

"Go in at the narrow gate. For the road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and there are many who go in by it.

You can tell them by their fruit. Do people pick grapes off thorns, or figs off thistles?

So you can tell them by their fruit.

Many will say to me on that Day, 'Lord! Lord! Was it not in your name that we prophesied, and by your name that we drove out demons, and by your name that we did many mighty acts?'

"Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

And anyone who listens to this teaching of mine and does not act upon it, will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

So he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do choose! Be cured!" And his leprosy was immediately cured.

But the captain answered, "I am not a suitable person, sir, to have you come under my roof, but simply say the word, and my servant will be cured.

while the heirs to the kingdom will be driven into the darkness outside, there to weep and grind their teeth!"

In the evening they brought to him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove the spirits out with a word, and cured all who were sick,

When he reached the other side, in the region of Gadara, two men possessed by demons came out of the tombs and confronted him; they were so extremely violent that nobody could go along that road.

And the men who tended them ran away and went off to the town and told it all, and the news about the men possessed by demons.

Jesus said to them, "Can wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and they will fast then.

But just as they were going out, some people brought to him a dumb man who was possessed by a demon,

But the Pharisees said, "It is by the aid of the prince of the demons that he drives them out."

"Here I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So you must be wise like serpents, and guileless like doves.

But be on your guard against men, for they will give you up to their courts, and have you flogged in their synagogues,

and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to bear your testimony before them and the heathen.

But when they give you up, you must have no anxiety about how to speak or what to say, for you will be told at the very moment what you ought to say,

You will be hated by everybody on my account, but the man who holds out to the very end will be saved.

A pupil should be satisfied to come to be like his teacher, or a slave, to come to be like his master. If men have called the head of the house Beelzebub, how much worse names will they give to the members of his household!

So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing covered up that is not going to be uncovered, nor secret that is not going to be known.

Have no fear of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. You had better be afraid of one who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.

You must not be afraid; you are worth more than a great many sparrows!

and a man's enemies will be in his own household.

Now when John heard in prison of what the Christ was doing, he sent by his disciples

But from the time of John the Baptist until now men have been taking the Kingdom of Heaven by storm and impetuously crowding into it.

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and people say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions!"

And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.

Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one understands the Son but the Father, nor does anyone understand the Father but the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Let my yoke be put upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble-minded, and your hearts will find rest,

??n fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah,

At that time some people brought to him a man blind and dumb, who was possessed by a demon, and he cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.

And all the crowds of people were astounded, and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

But when the Pharisees heard of it they said, "This man cannot drive out demons except by the aid of Beelzebub, the prince of the demons."

And if I am driving the demons out by Beelzebub's aid, by whose aid do your sons drive them out? Therefore let them be your judges.

But if I am driving the demons out by the aid of God's Spirit, then the Kingdom of God has overtaken you.

Therefore, I tell you, men will be forgiven for any sin or abusive speech, but abusive speech about the Spirit cannot be forgiven.

And whoever speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven for it, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit cannot be forgiven for it, either in this world or in the world to come.

"You must either make the tree sound and its fruit sound, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; a tree is judged by its fruit.

For it is by your words that you will be acquitted, or by your words that you will be condemned."

But he answered, "Only a wicked and faithless age insists upon a sign, and no sign will be given it but the sign of the prophet Jonah.

For just as Jonah was in the maw of the whale for three days and nights, the Son of Man will be three days and nights in the heart of the earth.

Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there, and in the end the man is worse off than he was before. That is the way it will be with this present wicked age."

and as he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and the birds came and ate it up,

For people who have will have more given to them, and will be plentifully supplied, and from people who have nothing even what they have will be taken away.

to fulfil what was said by the prophet, "I will open my mouth in figures, I will utter things that have been hidden since the creation."

He said to them, "Then remember that every scribe who has become a disciple of the Kingdom of Heaven must be like a householder who can supply from his storeroom new things as well as old."

and he said to his attendants, "This man must be John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why wonderful powers are working through him."

for John said to him, "It is not right for you to be living with her."

And the king was sorry, but because he had sworn to do it, and because of the guests who were present, he ordered it to be given to her.