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

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!' "

Do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

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.

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

And when Jesus was baptized, he went right up out of the water, and the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God come down like a dove and light upon him,

And the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to turn into bread!"

But he answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone is man to live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God!' "

and said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down, for the Scripture says, " 'He will give his angels orders about you, And they will lift you up with their hands So that you may never strike your foot against a stone!' "

Jesus said to him, "The Scripture also says, 'You shall not try the Lord your God.' "

Then Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan! For the Scripture says, 'You must do homage to the Lord your God, and worship him alone!' "

Then he went all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or sickness among the people.

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God!

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

"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.

Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

I tell you, you will never get out again until you have paid the last penny!

If your right hand makes you fall, cut it off and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all go down to the pit!

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

and if anyone wants to sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat too.

so that you may show yourselves true sons of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on bad and good alike, and makes the rain fall on the upright and the wrongdoers.

"But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.

So when you are going to give to charity, do not blow a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and the streets, to make people praise them. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get!

"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!

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

"When you fast, do not put on a gloomy look, like the hypocrites, for they neglect their personal appearance to let people see that they are fasting. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get.

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.

But if God so beautifully dresses the wild grass, which is alive today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, will he not much more surely clothe you, you who have so little faith?

How can you say to your brother, 'Just let me get that speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a beam in your own?

You hypocrite! First get the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see to get the speck out of your brother's eye.

So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give what is good to those who ask him for it!

"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.

But the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few that find it.

Just so any sound tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.

No sound tree can bear bad fruit, and no poor tree can bear good fruit.

Any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and burned.

It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord! Lord!' who will get into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.

When he got back to Capernaum, a Roman captain came up and appealed to him,

And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and waited on him.

And he got into the boat, and his disciples went with him.

And he said to them, "Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!" Then he got up and reproved the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

And they suddenly screamed out, "What do you want of us, you Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torture us?"

So he got into the boat and crossed the sea, and returned to his own city.

For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

But I would have you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth." Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home!"

And he got up and went home.

And when the crowd saw it, they were filled with awe, and praised God for giving such power to men.

Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.

But no one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old coat, for the patch will tear away from the coat, and make the hole worse than ever.

And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples.

For she said to herself, "If I can just touch his cloak, I will get well."

But when he had driven the people out, he went in and grasped her hand, and the girl got up.

Jesus went round among all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or illness.

The blind are regaining their sight and the lame can walk, the lepers are being cured and the deaf can hear, the dead are being raised and good news is being preached to the poor.

How is it that he went into the House of God and that they ate the Presentation Loaves which it was against the Law for him and his companions to eat, or for anyone except the priests?

There was a man there with one hand withered. And in order to get a charge to bring against him, they asked him, "Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath?"

And how much more a man is worth than a sheep! Therefore, it is right to do people good on the Sabbath."

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

How can anyone get into a strong man's house and carry off his property unless he first binds the strong man? After that he can plunder his house.

You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.

A good man, out of the good he has accumulated, brings out things that are good, and a bad man, out of what he has accumulated that is bad, brings out things that are bad.

And such great crowds gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat down in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

And some fell on good soil, and yielded some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty-fold.

And what was sown in good ground means the man who listens to the message and understands it, and yields one a hundred, and another sixty, and another thirty-fold."

Another figure which he used in speaking to them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

And the owner's slaves came to him and said, 'Was not the seed good that you sowed in your field, sir? So where did these weeds come from?'

Let them both grow together until harvest time, and when we harvest I will direct the reapers to gather up the weeds first and tie them up in bundles to burn, but get the wheat into my barn.' "

He answered, "The sower who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

The field is the world. The good seed is the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the wicked.

When it was full, they dragged it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets and threw the bad away.

and went to his own part of the country. And he taught the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were astonished, and said, "Where did he get this wisdom, and the power to do these wonders?

And do not all his sisters live here among us? Then where did he get all this?"

So when he got out of the boat he found a great crowd gathered, and his heart was touched at the sight of them, and he cured those of them that were sick.

And he immediately made his disciples get into the boat and cross before him to the other side while he dismissed the crowds.

And he said, "Come!" And Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and went to Jesus.

When they got into the boat, the wind went down.

And the men in the boat fell down before him and said, "You are certainly God's Son!"

But he answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of what has been handed down to you?

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'He who abuses his father or mother must be put to death.'

But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is given to God,"

does not have to provide for his father.' So you have nullified what God has said, for the sake of what has been handed down to you.

so that the people were astonished to see the dumb speak, the lame walk, and the blind see. And they praised the God of Israel.

The disciples said to him, "Where can we get bread enough in this solitude to feed such a crowd?"

And he dismissed the people and got into the boat and went to the district of Magadan.

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!"

And Peter took him aside and began to reprove him for it, saying, "God bless you, Master! that can never happen to you!"

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get out of my sight, you Satan! You hinder me, for you do not side with God, but with men!"

For what good will it do a man if he gains the whole world but parts with his life? What can a man give to buy back his life?

And Peter spoke, and said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! If you wish, I will make three huts here, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

And Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Get up and do not be afraid."

and he said, "I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven at all.

"But if your own hand or your own foot makes you fall, cut it off and throw it away. You might better enter upon life maimed or crippled than keep both hands and feet but be thrown into the everlasting fire.

Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not try to separate."

A man came up to him and said, "Master, what good deed must I do to obtain eternal life?"

But he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter that life, keep the commandments."

Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven!

And again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!"

But Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but anything is possible for God!"

And when those who were hired first came they expected to get more, but they too got a dollar apiece.

And most of the crowd spread their coats in his way, and others cut branches from the trees and scattered them before him.