After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Wake up! Tenderly take the child and His mother, and escape to Egypt; stay there until I further direct you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him."

he stayed there until Herod's death, so as to fulfill what the Lord had said by the prophet, "Out of Egypt I called my Son."

But because he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there; and because he was divinely warned in a dream, he set out for the region of Galilee.

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."

leave your grit right there at the altar, and first go and make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your gift.

For wherever your treasure is, there too your heart will be.

How can you say to your brother, 'Let me get that tiny speck out of your eye,' while all the time there is a girder in your own?

And He said to them, "Why are you afraid, O you with little faith?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

When He reached the other side, in the district of Gadara, there faced Him two men, who were under the power of demons, who were just coming out from the tombs. They were such terrors that nobody could pass that way.

Now there was not far from there a large drove of hogs feeding.

And as He was passing along from there, He saw a man named Matthew in his seat at the tax-collector's desk, and He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed Him.

As Jesus was passing along from there, two blind men followed Him, shouting, "Do pity us, O Son of David!"

So you must never be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be uncovered, nor a secret that will not be known.

When Jesus had closed this charge to His disciples, He left there to teach and preach in their towns.

If not, what did you go out there to see? A man dressed in silks and satins? No, people who dress in that way are found in the palaces of kings.

If not, why did you go out there? To see a prophet?

But I tell you, there is something greater than the temple here!

And on leaving there He went into their synagogue.

Now there was a man there with one hand withered. And, to get a charge against Him, they asked Him, "Is it right to cure people on the sabbath?"

But He said to them, "What man is there among you, if he has only one sheep and it falls into a ditch on the sabbath, will not lay hold on it and lift it out?

But because Jesus knew it, He left there. And many people followed Him, and He cured them all,

The men of Nineveh will rise with the leaders of this age at the judgment and condemn them, for they turned to the message preached by Jonah, and there is more than Jonah here!

The queen of the south will rise with the leaders of this age at the judgment and condemn them, for she came from the farthest limits of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and there is more than Solomon here!

"Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there, and so the end of that man is worse than the beginning. This is the way it will be with the wicked leaders of this age."

and some fell upon rocky ground where they did not have much soil, and at once they sprang up, because there was no depth of soil,

and will throw them into the furnace of torturing punishment; there they will wail and grind their teeth.

and will throw them into the furnace of torturing punishment. There they will wail and grind their teeth.

When Jesus had finished these stories, He left there.

He did not do many wonder-works there, because of their lack of faith.

When Jesus heard it, He left there in a boat for a quiet place, to be alone. And when the crowds heard of it, they followed Him on foot from the towns.

After He had dismissed the crowds, He went up the hill alone to pray. And after the evening came on, He was there alone,

Then Jesus left there and slipped away to the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.

Then Jesus left there and went to the shore of the sea of Galilee. Then He went up the hill and kept sitting there,

He answered, "Yes." When Jesus reached home -- He got there ahead of Simon -- He asked him, "What do you think about it, Simon? From whom do civil rulers collect duties or taxes, from their own citizens or from aliens?"

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

And great crowds thronged after Him, and He cured them there.

The disciples said to Him, "If that is a man's relation to his wife, there is no advantage in getting married."

And He laid His hands on them and left there.

And a man came up to Him and asked, "What is there good that I can do to possess eternal life?"

And He answered him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is perfectly good. But if you want to get into that life, you must practice keeping the commandments."

and ordered them, "Go into the village that is ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me.

And He left and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

"But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons, He came to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in my vineyard today.'

"Listen to another story. There was once an owner of an estate who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it, and hewed out a wine-vat in it, and built a tower, and rented it to tenant farmers, and then went abroad.

But when the king came in to take a look at the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding suit.

On the same day some Sadducees, who claim that there is no resurrection, came up to Him, and asked this question:

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died without children, and left his widow to his brother.

But He answered them, "Do you see all these things? I solemnly say to you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be torn down."

For nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in many places.

for there will be greater misery at that time than ever has been since the world began, or ever will be again.

"If anyone at that time says to you, 'Here is the Christ!' or 'There He is!' do not believe it,

Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will flock.

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

But the thoughtful ones answered, 'No, no, there may not be enough for you and us. Go to the store and buy your own oil.'

Then he went out into the gateway, and another waiting girl saw him, and said to those there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

and sitting down they kept watch of Him there.

Now several women were there looking on from a distance, who accompanied Jesus from Galilee to care for Him,

And Mary of Magdala and the other Mary kept sitting there in front of the tomb.

Now there had been a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the boulder back and remained sitting upon it.

Then run and tell His disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and is going back to Galilee ahead of you; you will see Him there.' This is my message to you."

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go, tell my brothers to go back to Galilee, and there they will see me."

He kept preaching the following message, "After me there is coming One who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie.

Just at that moment there was a man in their synagogue who was under the spell of a foul spirit, and so he screamed,

Early in the morning, long before daybreak, He got up and went out to a lonely spot, and stayed praying there.

There came to Him a leper, begging Him on his knees, saying to Him, "If you want to, you can cure me."

and so many people gathered there that there was no longer any room even around the door. He was telling them His message.

Some scribes were sitting there arguing and saying to themselves,

Levi was at table in his house, and he had many tax-collectors and notorious sinners as guests, along with Jesus and His disciples, for there were many of them, and they began to follow Him.

Then He went into a synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

The ones along the path are those who have the message sown in their hearts, but as soon as it is sown there, Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.

The ground of itself produces, first the stalk, then the head; at last there is the matured grain of wheat in the head.

So they left the crowd and took Him in the boat in which he was sitting. And there were other boats with Him.

Then He aroused Himself and reproved the wind, and said to the sea, "Hush! Be still." And the wind lulled, and there was a great calm.

Now there was a large drove of hogs grazing on the hillside.

They came to the home of the leader of the synagogue, and there He saw confusion, and people weeping and wailing without restraint.

He left there and went back to His hometown, and His disciples followed Him.

He could not do any mighty deeds there, except that He put His hands on a few ailing people and cured them.

And He continued to say to them, "Whenever you put up at a house, stay there until you leave that place.

And if any place refuses to welcome you or to listen to you, when you leave there shake off the very dust from the soles of your feet as a warning to them."

And He said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and rest a little while." For there was an endless stream of people coming and going, and they had no time even to eat.

But many people saw them start and knew of it and ran around the lake from all the towns and got there ahead of them.

There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.

Then He left there and went into the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and wanted no one to know that He was there. But He could not escape public notice.

About four thousand people were there. Then He sent them away.

Then Jesus and His disciples left Galilee and went to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way there He was asking His disciples, "Who do people say that I am?"

and many a time it has thrown him into the fire or into the water, to destroy him. But if there is anything you can do for him, do pity us and help us!"

Jesus said to him, "If there is anything I can do! Everything is possible for him who has faith!"

Then they left there and were making a trip through Galilee, and He did not want anybody to know it;

Jesus said, "Do not try to stop him, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty deed, and then be able soon to abuse me.

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.

Jesus said, "I solemnly say to you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farm for me and for the good news,

Then some Sadducees, who claim that there is no resurrection, came up to Him and asked Him this question,

There were once seven brothers. The eldest married a wife and on dying left no child,

Then the scribe said to Him, "Indeed, Teacher, you have properly said that He is one by Himself, and there is no other but Him,

For one nation will go to war with another, and one kingdom with another. There will be earthquakes in many places; there will be famines. But this is only the beginning of the agonies.

for there will be such misery at that time as has never been since the beginning of God's creation, and never will be again.

"If anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! Here is the Christ,' or, 'Look! There He is,' do not believe it.

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

Then he will show you a large upstairs room, furnished and ready; get everything ready for us there."

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