but after he had planned this, there appeared an angel of the Lord to him in a dream saying, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her comes from the holy Spirit.

All this happened for the fulfilment of what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

where he stayed until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had said by the prophet: I called my Son from Egypt.

He went and settled in a town called Nazaret, so that what had been said by the prophets might be fulfilled: 'He shall be called a Nazarene.'

for the fulfilment of what had been said by the prophet Isaiah:

You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes insipid, what can make it salt again? After that it is fit for nothing, fit only to be thrown outside and trodden by the feet of men.

Let what you say be simply 'yes' or 'no'; whatever exceeds that springs from evil.

For if you love only those who love you, what reward do you get for that? do not the very taxgatherers do as much?

and if you only salute your friends, what is special about that? do not the very pagans do as much?

When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

so as to keep your alms secret; then your Father who sees what is secret will reward you openly.

When you pray, go into your room and shut the door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

so that your fast may be seen not by men but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

but if your Eye is selfish, the whole of your body will be darkened. And if your very light turns dark, then ??what a darkness it is!

Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat or drink in life, nor about what you are to put on your body; surely life means more than food, surely the body means more than clothes!

Do not be troubled, then, and cry, 'What are we to eat?' or 'what are we to drink?' or 'how are we to be clothed?'

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

Well, if for all your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him?

Men marvelled at this; they said, "What sort of man is this? the very winds and sea obey him!"

They shrieked, "Son of God, what business have you with us? Have you come here to torture us before it is time?"

Jesus saw what they were thinking and said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?

what she said to herself was this, "If I can only touch his robe, I will recover."

Now, when they bring you up for trial, do not trouble yourselves about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will come to you at the moment,

what I tell you in the dark, you must utter in the open, what you hear in a whisper you must proclaim on the housetop.

Now when John heard in prison what the Christ was doing, he sent his disciples

Jesus answered them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see:

As the disciples of John went away, Jesus proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

Come, what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft raiment? The wearers of soft raiment are in royal palaces.

But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplace, who call to their playmates,

When the Pharisees noticed it, they said to him, "Look at your disciples, they are doing what is not allowed on the sabbath."

He replied, "Have you not read what David did when he and his men were hungry,

Besides, if you had known what this meant, I care for mercy not for sacrifice, you would not have condemned men who are not guilty.

charging them strictly not to make him known ??17 it was for the fulfilment of what had been said by the prophet Isaiah,

As Jesus knew what they were thinking, he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, any city or house divided against itself will never stand;

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.

For he who has, to him shall more be given and richly given, but whoever has not, from him shall be taken even what he has.

I tell you truly, many prophets and good men have longed to see what you see, but they have not seen it; and to hear what you hear, but they have not heard it.

When anyone hears the word of the Realm and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; that is the man who is sown 'on the road.'

Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable ??35 to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.

So he said to them, "Well then, every scribe who has become a disciple of the Realm of heaven is like a householder who produces what is new and what is old from his stores."

it is not what enters a man's mouth that defiles him, what defiles a man is what comes out of his mouth."

Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees have taken offence at what they hear you say?"

while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart ??and that is what defiles a man.

That is what defiles a man; a man is not defiled by eating with hands unwashed!"

Then they realized that what he told them to beware of was not leaven but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

What profit will it be if a man gains the whole world and forfeits his own soul? What will a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

For the Son of man is coming in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward everyone for what he has done.

Now when his fellow-servants saw what had happened they were greatly distressed, and they went and explained to their master all that had happened.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined, then, man must not separate."

Up came a man and said to him, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to gain life eternal?"

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? One alone is good. But if you want to get into Life, keep the commands."

The young man said, "I have observed all these. What more is wanting?"

Then Peter replied, "Well, we have left our all and followed you. Now what are we to get?"

Take what belongs to you and be off. I choose to give this last man the same as you.

Can I not do as I please with what belongs to me? Have you a grudge because I am generous?'

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said, "Give orders that my two sons are to sit at your right hand and at your left in your Realm."

Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."

So Jesus stopped and called them. He said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

This took place for the fulfilment of what had been spoken by the prophet,

they said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Yes," said Jesus, "have you never read Thou hast brought praise to perfection from the mouth of babes and sucklings?"

Jesus answered, "I tell you truly, if you have faith, if you have no doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree but even if you say to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

When he entered the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you this authority?"

Jesus replied, "Well, I will ask you a question, and if you answer me, then I will tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

Tell me what you think. A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard to-day';

Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to these vinedressers?"

Tell us, then, what you think about this. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

"Caesar's," they said. Then he told them, "Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give God what belongs to God."

And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,

"Teacher," he said, "what is the greatest command in the Law?"

"Tell me," he said, "what you think about the Christ. Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's."

So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?"

a man on the housetop must not go down to fetch what is inside his house,

Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

For to everyone who has shall more be given and richly given; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken.

When the disciples saw this they were angry. "What is the use of this waste?" they said;

But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.

I tell you truly, wherever this gospel is preached through all the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

"What will you give me for betraying him to you?" And they weighed out for him thirty silver pieces.

Then he went forward a little and fell on his face praying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

What! do you think I cannot appeal to my Father to furnish me at this moment with over twelve legions of angels?

So the high priest rose and said to him, "Have you no reply to make? What of this evidence against you?"

Then the high priest tore his dress and cried, "He has blasphemed! What more evidence do we want? Look, you have heard his blasphemy for yourselves!

What is your view?" They replied, "He is doomed to death."

But he denied it before them all; "I do not know what you mean," he said.

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said, that 'before the cock crows you will disown me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly.

saying, "I did wrong in betraying innocent blood." "What does that matter to us?" they said, "it is your affair, not ours!"

Pilate said, "Then what am I to do with Jesus the so-called 'Christ'?" They all said, "Have him crucified!"

"Why," said the governor, "what has he done wrong?" But they shouted on more fiercely than ever, "Have him crucified!"

"Jesus of Nazaret, what business have you with us? Have you come to destroy us? We know who you are, you are God's holy One."

"See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."

"What does the man mean by talking like this? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins, who but God alone?"

The Pharisees said to him, "Look at what they are doing on the sabbath! That is not allowed."

He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and his men?

And when his family heard this, they set out to get hold of him, for what they said was, "He is out of his mind."

Also he said to them, "Take care what you hear; the measure you deal out to others will be dealt out to yourselves, and you will receive extra.

For he who has, to him shall more be given; while as for him who has not, from him shall be taken even what he has."

He said also, "To what can we compare the Realm of God? how are we to put it in a parable?

shrieking aloud, "Jesus, son of God most High, what business have you with me? By God, I adjure you, do not torture me."