Now the birth of Christ Jesus occurred under these conditions: After His mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, but before they had lived together, she was found to be an expectant mother through the influence of the Holy Spirit.

and do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather? For I tell you, God can raise up descendants for Abraham even out of these stones.

And the tempter came up and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, order these stones to turn to bread."

Whoever, therefore, breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others so to do, will be ranked as least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices them and teaches others so to do, will be ranked as great in the kingdom of heaven.

but I tell you, not even Solomon, in all his gorgeous splendor, was ever dressed up like a single one of these.

But as your first duty keep on looking for His standard of doing right, and for His will, and then all these things will be yours besides.

And just as He was saying these things to them, an official came up and fell on his knees before Him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand upon her and she will come to life."

Jesus sent these twelve out, after giving them the following charge: "Do not go to the heathen, or to any Samaritan town,

At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children.

"Do you understand all these stories?" They answered Him, "Yes."

When Jesus had finished these stories, He left there.

And are not His sisters all living here with us? Where then did He get all these things?"

These are the things that make a man foul, but eating with unwashed hands does not make a man foul."

But whoever leads one of these little ones, who believe in me, to do wrong, had better have a great millstone hung around his neck to sink him to the bottom of the sea.

A curse on the world for such influences to do wrong! For they must come, but a curse on the man from whom these influences come!

"Be careful not to look with scorn on a single one of these little children, for I tell you that in heaven their angels have uninterrupted access to my Father in heaven.

Just so it is not the will of my Father in heaven that a single one of these little ones be lost.

But Jesus said, "Let the little children alone, and stop preventing them from coming to me, for to such as these the kingdom of heaven belongs."

The young man said, "I have kept all these commandments; what more do I lack?"

and say, 'These last worked only one hour, and yet you have put them on the same footing with us who have borne the heavy burdens and scorching heat of the day.'

And He asked her, "What do you want?" She answered Him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right and one at your left in your kingdom."

And when He had come into the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to Him while He was teaching, and asked, "What sort of authority have you for doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Now when the owner of the estate comes back, what will he do to these tenants?"

The essence of the whole law and the prophets is packed into these two commands."

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.

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."

So when you see all these things, you will know that He is right at your door.

And the King will answer them, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you did a good deed to one of these most insignificant brothers of mine, you did a good deed to me.'

Then He will answer, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you failed to do a good deed to one of these most insignificant people, you failed to do a good deed to me.'

Then these will go away to everlasting punishment, but the upright to everlasting life."

In like manner these are the ones sown on rocky ground; as soon as they hear the truth, they accept it with ecstasy,

With many stories like these He kept on telling them the message, as far as they could understand it.

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. And the people were dumbfounded when they heard Him, and said, "Where did He get all these things? What sort of wisdom is it that has been given Him? And such mighty deeds are done by Him!

and so you set aside what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many other practices like these."

All these evils come from the inside of a man and make him foul."

"My heart goes out in pity for these people, for they have been staying with me three days now, and they have nothing left to eat.

But His disciples answered Him, "Where can anyone get bread enough here in this destitute place, to give these people plenty?"

And they had a few small fish, and He blessed them and told them to pass these, too, to the people,

But He sighed in spirit and said, "Why do the people of these times ask for a spectacular sign? I solemnly say, no sign at all will be given them."

And whoever leads one of these lowly believers to do wrong, might better have a huge millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the sea.

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant, and said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

But he said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept all these commandments ever since I was a child."

And this is the second, 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.' No other command is greater than these."

And He called His disciples to Him and said, "I solemnly say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all these others who have been putting money into the collection-box.

Jesus said to him, "Are you looking in wonder at these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another that will not be torn down."

So when you see all these things taking place, you will know that He is right at the door.

But He kept silent and made no answer at all. So the high priest again questioned Him in these words, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

And all the neighbors were overwhelmed with awe, and all over the hill country of Judea these things were being talked,

So He went back to Nazareth with them and continued to obey them. But His mother continued to treasure up all these sayings in her heart.

Produce, then, fruit that is consistent with the repentance that you profess, and do not even begin to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can raise up descendants for Abraham even out of these stones.

Then all the people in the synagogue, on hearing these things, were filled with fury,

When He had finished all these sayings in the hearing of the people, He went into Capernaum.

Now John's disciples told him about all these things.

But He said to them, "Give them something to eat yourselves." Then they said, "We have only five loaves and two fish, unless we go ourselves and buy food for all these people."

"You must store away in your memories these words, for the Son of Man is going to be turned over to the hands of men!"

At that very moment, by the power of the Holy Spirit, He exulted and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, I thank you that your good pleasure made it so.

Which one of these three do you think proved himself a real neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"

But a curse on you Pharisees, because you pay tithes on mint, rue, and every tiny garden herb, but neglect justice and the love of God! These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have neglected the former.

So you must stop seeking what to eat and what to drink, and must stop being in suspense about these things.

For all these are the very things the nations of the world are greedily trying to get, and surely your Father well knows that you need them.

But continue to seek His will, and these things will be yours besides.

Then He answered them, "Do you think, because these Galileans suffered like this, that they were worse sinners than all the rest of the Galileans?

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured her on the Sabbath, answered the crowd, "There are six days on which people must work; so come on these and be cured, but not on the Sabbath."

But He said to them: "Go and tell that fox, 'Here I am, driving out demons and performing cures, today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will finish these tasks.

So the slave returned and reported these answers to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his slave, 'Hurry out into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor, the maimed, the crippled, and the blind.'

But he answered his father, 'See! I have served you all these years and have never disobeyed a command of yours, but you have never given me even a kid, so that I could celebrate with my friends.

It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck, and he be hurled into the sea, than for him to ensnare one of these lowly ones.

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop preventing them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

But he said, "I have kept all these commandments ever since I was a child."

But they did not understand about these things, and this statement was an insoluble riddle to them; they did not even begin to grasp what He meant.

As they were listening to these things, He told them another story, because He was near Jerusalem and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.

After saying these things, He went on ahead of them, on His way to Jerusalem.

for these are the days of vengeance when all that is written in the Scriptures will be fulfilled.

When these things begin to take place, look up and lift your heads, for your deliverance is drawing near."

So when you see these things taking place, you must understand that the kingdom of God is near.

and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the Eleven and all the rest.

They were Mary of Magdala and Joanna, and Mary, James's mother, who, with the other women, reported these things to the apostles.

and were talking together about all these things that had taken place.

And as they were talking, and discussing these things, Jesus Himself came up near to them and continued to walk with them,

Finally one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered Him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who has not heard of the things that have taken place there in these last days?"

But we kept hoping that He was the One who was coming to set Israel free. Moreover, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things occurred.

Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and thus to enter into His glory?"

Even while they were talking about these things, He took His stand among them Himself, [and said to them, "Peace to you!"]

you are to continue as witnesses to these things.

Jesus said to them, "Fill these jars with water." So they filled them up to the brim.

Then He said to the pigeon-dealers, "Take these things out of here! Stop using my Father's house as a market place!"

and in these there used to lie a great crowd of sick people, blind, crippled, paralyzed.

For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything that He Himself is doing, and He will show Him greater deeds than these, so that you will keep on wondering.

So Jesus looked up and saw that a vast crowd was coming toward Him, and said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?"

He said these things in the treasury as He was teaching in the temple, and yet no one ventured to arrest Him, because the time had not yet come for Him.

These words again led to a difference of opinion among the Jews.

Others said, "These are not the words of a man who is under the power of a demon. A demon cannot make the eyes of the blind see, can he?"

Do you not believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me? I am not saying these things on my own authority, but the Father who always remains in union with me is doing these things Himself.

"I have told you these things, that the joy which I have had may remain in you and that your joy may be complete.

"I have told you these things to keep you from falling over stumbling blocks.

But I have told you these things that when the time does come, you may remember that I told you. I did not tell you these things at the start, because I was with you.

but sorrow has taken complete possession of your hearts, because I have told you these things.

"I have told you these things in allegories, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will plainly tell you about the Father.

I have told you these things, that you through union with me may have peace. In the world you have trouble, but be courageous! I have conquered the world."

When Jesus had said all these things, He lifted His eyes to heaven and said: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that He may glorify you,