and said, "Wake up, tenderly take the child and His mother, and make the trip to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

In those days John the Baptist appeared, and kept preaching in the desert of Judea,

The people that were living in darkness have seen a great light, and on those that were living in the land of the shadow of death; a light has dawned."

So the news about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were sick with various diseases, especially those who were suffering with torturing diseases; and he cured them.

"Blessed are those who feel poor in spiritual things, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for being and doing right, for they will be completely satisfied.

"Blessed are those who show mercy, for they will have mercy shown them.

"Blessed are those who suffer persecution for being and doing right, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

For if you practice loving only those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even the tax-collectors practice that?

So if you, in spite of your being bad, know how to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your heavenly Father give what is good to those who keep on asking Him?

Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom of heaven, but only those who practice doing the will of my Father in heaven.

You must never be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. But rather you must keep on fearing Him who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.

And from the days of John the Baptist until the present moment the kingdom of heaven has been continuously taken by storm, and those who take it by storm are seizing it as a precious prize.

The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all those who cause wrongdoing, and the wrongdoers,

Those fed numbered four thousand men, besides women and children.

He said to them, "It is not every man who has the capacity to carry out this saying, but it is for those to whom the capacity has been given.

After that some little children were brought to Him, for Him to lay His hands on them and pray for them, but His disciples reproved those who brought them.

And those who were hired first, when they came, supposed that they would receive more, but they too received twenty cents each.

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

He said to them, "You will drink the cup that I am to drink, but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father."

And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding reception, but they refused to come.

Then the king was enraged, and sent his soldiers to put those murderers to death and burned their city.

After that he said to his slaves, 'My wedding reception is ready, but those invited have proved unworthy.

And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered everybody they found, both good and bad, and the bridal-hall was packed with guests.

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you bolt the doors of the kingdom of heaven in men's faces, for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you let those who are trying to do so go in.

So you are witnessing against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! The city that has kept on murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused!

"then let those who remain in Judea fly to the hills;

Alas for women who are expectant mothers and those who have nursing babies in those days!

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

"And immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not shed its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the sky will be shaken.

and begins to beat his fellow-slaves, and keeps on eating and drinking with those who get drunk,

Then all those bridesmaids awoke and trimmed their lamp-wicks.

After a long time the master of those slaves came back and settled accounts with them.

Then the King will say to those at His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

"Then He will say to those at His left, 'Be gone from me, you who are now cursed, to the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

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."

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

Then He went up on 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 began to ask Him about the stories.

Then He said to them, "To you the secret of the kingdom of God has been entrusted, but to those who are on the outside everything is presented in stories, so that

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.

A different class are those people sown among the thorns. They are people who listen to the message,

And those who had seen it told them how it occurred to the man who had been under the power of the demons, and about the hogs.

In those days when a great crowd again had gathered and they had nothing to eat, He called His disciples to Him, and said,

Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!"

As they were walking along the road up to Jerusalem, Jesus was going on ahead of them, but they were dazed while those who were still following were afraid. Then again He took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to befall Him.

but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared."

Then 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 rule as despots over them;

Then those in front and those behind Him shouted: "Welcome Him! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord;

Then they reached Jerusalem, and He went into the temple and began to drive out of it those who were buying and selling things in it. Then He upset the money-changers' tables and the dove-dealers' counters,

But those tenants said among themselves, 'This is his heir; come on, let us kill him, and all that is coming to him will be ours.'

Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come back and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

"So when you see the destructive desecration standing where he has no right to stand" -- let the reader take notice -- "then let those who remain in Judea fly to the hills;

Alas for the women who are expectant mothers and those who have nursing babies, in those days!

If the Lord had not cut those days short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of the people chosen as His own He has cut them short.

"But in those days, after that misery, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not shed its light,

Later on He appeared to the Eleven themselves while they were at table, and reproved them for their lack of faith and their stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had been raised from the dead.

And the following signs will attend those who believe: By using my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in foreign languages;

that you may better know the certainty of those things that you have been taught.

Now in those days Mary got up and hurried off to the hill country, to a town in Judah,

He shows His mercy from age to age to those who fear him.

He has done mighty deeds with His arm. He has scattered those that are proud in the purpose of their hearts.

to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

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

Now it was in those days that He went up on the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

Even those who were troubled by foul spirits were being cured.

But I say to you who listen now to me, practice loving your enemies, practice doing good to those who hate you,

continue to bless those who curse you, and continue to pray for those who abuse you.

Now if you practice loving only those who love you, what credit do you get for that? Why, even notorious sinners practice loving those who love them.

And if you practice doing good only to those who do good to you, what credit do you get for that? Even notorious sinners practice the same.

Those along the path illustrate those who hear it, but then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.

The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away.

And the portion of them falling among the thorns illustrates those who hear it, but as soon as they pass on they are choked out by the worries and wealth and pleasures of life, and thus yield no mature fruit.

But the portion in rich soil illustrates those who listen to the message, keep it in good and honest hearts, and in patience yield fruit.

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

Then He answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and practice it."

Now there was a large drove of hogs feeding there on the hillside. So they begged Him to let them go into those hogs. And He let them do so.

So if you, in spite of your being bad, know how to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who continue to ask Him?"

But He said, "Yes, but better still, blessed are those who listen to God's message and practice it!"

A curse on you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to the door of knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you kept out those who tried to get in."

So I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body but after that have nothing more that they can do.

Happy are those slaves whom the master, when he comes, will find on the watch for him. I solemnly say to you, he will tighten his belt and have them sit at table, and he will go around and wait on them.

Or those eighteen people at Siloam on whom the tower fell and whom it crushed to death, do you think that they were offenders worse than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?

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

"O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! The city that continues to murder the prophets, and to stone those who are sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings. But you refused!

For I tell you, not one of those people who were invited shall get a taste of my dinner!'"

Besides all this, between you and us there stands fixed a great chasm, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot, nor can they cross from your side to us.'

So when Jesus saw it, He said, "How hard it is for those who have money to get into the kingdom of God!

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

But those who were marching in front reproved him and told him to keep quiet, but he cried out all the louder, "O Son of David, do pity me!"

Then after he had gotten the appointment as king, he returned and ordered those slaves to whom he had given his money to be called in, that he might find out what business they had done.

But bring those enemies of mine here who did not want me to become king over them and slay them in my presence!'"

Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who were selling things in it,

He will come and put those tenants to death and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "May it never be so!"

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

Then let those in Judea begin to fly to the mountains, and those within the city begin to get out of it,

Alas for the women who are pregnant and those who have nursing babies in those days! For there will be great misery in the land and wrath on this people.

But He said to them, "The kings of the heathen lord it over them and those who exercise authority over them are given the title of 'Benefactor.'

Those who were about Him saw what was about to take place, and said, "Lord, shall we use our swords now?"