and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

In those days John the Baptist appeared, and preached in the desert of Judea.

The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"

"Blessed are those who feel their spiritual need, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them!

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

"Blessed are those who have endured persecution for their uprightness, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them!

For if you love only those who love you, what reward can you expect? Do not the very tax-collectors do that?

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!

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.

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.

"I tell you, among men born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has ever appeared. And yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of Heaven are greater than he.

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.

Then great crowds came to him bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, or dumb, and many others. And they laid them down at his feet, and he cured them,

He said to them, "It is not everyone who can accept that, but only those who have a special gift.

When those who were hired about five o'clock came they received a dollar apiece.

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

So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last."

He said to them, "Then what I drink you shall drink, but as for sitting at my right or my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined by my Father."

And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, and they would not come.

He sent other slaves a second time, and said to them, 'Tell those who have been asked, "Here I have my banquet all ready, my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!" '

This made the king angry, and he sent his troops and put those murderers to death and burned their city.

Then he said to his slaves, 'The banquet is ready, but those who were invited have proved unworthy of it.

"But alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you lock the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces, for you will neither go in yourselves nor let those enter who are trying to do so.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

"So when you see the dreadful desecration, of which the prophet Daniel spoke, set up in the Holy Place"??he reader must take note of this??16 "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;

If those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's people those days will be cut short.

"But immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the forces of the sky will shake.

For just as in those days before the flood people were eating and drinking, marrying and being married, until the very day Noah entered the ark,

Then the king will say to those at his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take possession of the kingdom which has been destined for you from the creation of the world.

Then he will say to those at his left, 'Begone, you accursed people, to the everlasting fire destined for the devil and his angels!

It was in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

And he went up the hillside and summoned to him those whom he wanted, and they went to him.

When he was by himself, those who stayed about him with the Twelve asked him about the figures he had used.

And he said to them, "To you has been intrusted the secret of the reign of God, but to those outsiders, everything is offered in figures,

The ones by the path are those into whose hearts the message falls, and as soon as they hear it Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.

It is different with those sown among the thorns. They are people who listen to the message,

And those who had seen it told them what had happened to the demoniac, and all about the pigs.

In those days when a great crowd had gathered again and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them,

how many baskets of pieces you picked up when I broke the five loaves in pieces for those five thousand men?" They said to him, "Twelve."

And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to enter the Kingdom of God!"

As they went on their way up to Jerusalem, Jesus walked ahead of them, and they were in dismay, and those who still followed were afraid. And he took the Twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him.

but as for sitting at my right or at my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined."

And Jesus called them to him, and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule the heathen lord it over them, and their great men tyrannize over them;

And those in front and those behind shouted, "God bless him! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name!

When they reached Jerusalem, he went into the Temple, and began to drive out of it those who were buying or selling things in it, and he upset the money-changers' tables and the pigeon-dealers' seats,

But as soon as you see the dreadful desecration standing where he has no right to stand" (the reader must take note of this), "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;

for there will be such misery in those days as there has never been since the beginning of God's creation until now, and never will be again.

If the Lord had not cut those days short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of his own chosen people he has cut the days short.

But in those days, when that misery is over, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed its light

Still later he appeared to the Eleven themselves when they were at table, and reproached them for their obstinacy and want of faith, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had been raised from the dead.

And signs like these will attend those who believe: with my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in foreign tongues;

In those days Mary set out and hurried to the hill-country, to a town in Judah,

He shows his mercy age after age To those who fear him.

In those days an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census of the whole world should be taken.

for forty days by the Spirit, and was tempted by the devil. In all those days he ate nothing, and when they were over he was famished.

But other days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, in those days they will fast."

It was in those days that he went up on the mountain to pray, and passed the whole night in prayer to God.

And those who were troubled with foul spirits were cured.

"But I tell you who hear me, love your enemies, treat those who hate you well,

bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

If you love only those who love you, what merit is there in that? For even godless people love those who love them.

And if you help only those who help you, what merit is there in that? Even godless people act in that way.

"I tell you, among men born of women there is none greater than John; and yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of God are greater than he.

The ones by the path are those who hear, and then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.

The ones on the rock are those who receive the message joyfully when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for a little while, and then in the time of trial they draw back.

And what falls among the thorns means those who listen and pass on, and the worries and wealth and pleasures of life stifle them and they yield nothing.

But the seed in the good soil means those who listen to the message and keep it in good, true hearts, and yield unfailingly.

"Nobody lights a lamp and then covers it with a dish or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"

And those who had seen it told them how the man who had been possessed was cured.

But the crowds learned of it and followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them about the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed to be cured.

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 the holy Spirit to those who ask him for it!"

But he said, "You might better say, 'Blessed are those who hear God's message and observe it!' "

Alas for you experts in the Law! For you have taken the key to the door of knowledge, but you have not entered it yourselves, and you have kept out those who tried to enter."

I tell you, who are my friends, have no fear of those who kill the body, and after that can do no more.

Or those eighteen people at Siloam who were killed when the tower fell upon them??o you think they were worse offenders than all the other people who live in Jerusalem?

And did not this woman, who is a descendant of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen years, have to be released from those bonds on the Sabbath day?"

There are those now last who will then be first, and there are those now first who will be last."

O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

and when the dinner hour came, he sent around his slave, to say to those who were invited, 'Come! for it is now ready!'

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited shall have any of my dinner!' "

Besides there is a great chasm set between you and us, so that those who want to go over from this side to you cannot, and they cannot cross from your side to us.'

And when Jesus saw it, he said, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the Kingdom of God!

And those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"

And those who were in front reproved him and told him to be quiet, but he cried out all the louder, "You Son of David, take pity on me!"

But bring those enemies of mine here who did not want me made king over them, and slaughter them in my presence!' "

Then he went into the Temple and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things there,

He will come and put those tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this they said, "Heaven forbid!"

but those who are thought worthy to attain that other world and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are married.

Then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills, those who are in the city must get out of it, and those who are in the country must not go into it,

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

Those who were about him saw what was coming and said, "Master, shall we use our swords?"

for a time is coming when they will say, 'Happy are the childless women, and those who have never borne or nursed children!'

I tell you, the time is coming??t is here already!??hen those who are dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live.

and those who have done right will come out to resurrection and life, and those who have done wrong, to resurrection and judgment.

He meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive??or the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

And Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge men, that those who cannot see may see, and that those who can see may become blind."

If those to whom God's message was addressed were called gods??nd the Scripture cannot be set aside??36 do you mean to say to me whom the Father has consecrated and made his messenger to the world, 'You are blasphemous,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

There were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the festival,

Jesus said to them, "You will have the light only a little while longer. Go on while you still have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you, for those who go about in the dark do not know where they are going.