Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.

"A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted, because they are no more."

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.

While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."

The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.

She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer."

His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother.

But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."

But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."

But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."

In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her."

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.

For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them.

and begged him much, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live."

and had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse,

For she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well."

Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

Immediately the girl rose up and walked, for she was twelve years old. They were amazed with great amazement.

Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,

When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you."

She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."

She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.

If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."

In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife."

A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.

for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."

While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard -- very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.

She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!"

She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!"

Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them.

Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.

Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."

Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.

When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don't be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed."

All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping."

They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.

Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."

The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.

He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.

Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'

A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'

yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife."

for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.

She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."

Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.

She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God's Son, he who comes into the world."

When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling you."

When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.

Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."

Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn't remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have laid him!"

But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,

and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

They told her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don't know where they have laid him."

When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn't know that it was Jesus.

Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."

Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him, "Rabboni!" which is to say, "Teacher!"

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.