Now listen:
You will conceive and give birth to a son,
and you will call His name Jesus.

When the eight days were completed for His circumcision, He was named Jesus—the name given by the angel before He was conceived.

Guided by the Spirit, he entered the temple complex. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform for Him what was customary under the law,

After those days were over, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but His parents did not know it.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and with people.

When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. As He was praying, heaven opened,

As He began His ministry, Jesus was about 30 years old and was thought to be the

son of Joseph, son of Heli,

Then Jesus returned from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.”

And Jesus answered him, “It is written:

Worship the Lord your God,
and serve Him only.”

And Jesus answered him, “It is said: Do not test the Lord your God.”

Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread throughout the entire vicinity.

“Leave us alone! What do You have to do with us, Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet and come out of him!”

And throwing him down before them, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, He was standing by Lake Gennesaret.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord!”

and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.

“Don’t be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people!”

While He was in one of the towns, a man was there who had a serious skin disease all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged Him: “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the mat through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, “Why are you thinking this in your hearts?

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!”

Jesus replied to them, “The healthy don’t need a doctor, but the sick do.

Jesus said to them, “You can’t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David and those who were with him did when he was hungry—

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, requesting Him to come and save the life of his slave.

When they reached Jesus, they pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this,

Jesus went with them, and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, “Lord, don’t trouble Yourself, since I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

Jesus heard this and was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, I have not found so great a faith even in Israel!”

The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.

At that time Jesus healed many people of diseases, plagues, and evil spirits, and He granted sight to many blind people.

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil

Jesus replied to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”

“Teacher,” he said, “say it.”

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me, Jesus, You Son of the Most High God? I beg You, don’t torment me!”

“What is your name?” Jesus asked him.

“Legion,” he said—because many demons had entered him.

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

“Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.” And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town all that Jesus had done for him.

When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they were all expecting Him.

Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet and pleaded with Him to come to his house,

“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are hemming You in and pressing against You.”

“Someone did touch Me,” said Jesus. “I know that power has gone out from Me.”

When Jesus heard it, He answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be made well.”

When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus all that they had done. He took them along and withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

As the two men were departing from Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it’s good for us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.

After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was found. They kept silent, and in those days told no one what they had seen.

Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious generation! How long will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

As the boy was still approaching, the demon knocked him down and threw him into severe convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and gave him back to his father.

But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, took a little child and had him stand next to Him.

“Don’t stop him,” Jesus told him, “because whoever is not against you is for you.”

Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said.

Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”

When Jesus saw her, He called out to her, “Woman, you are free of your disability.”

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”

In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

Then Jesus said, “Were not 10 cleansed? Where are the nine?

Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

When Jesus heard this, He told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

“Jesus the Nazarene is passing by,” they told him.

So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him. When he drew near, He asked him,

“Receive your sight!” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.”

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way.

When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today I must stay at your house.”

“Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.

Then they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their robes on the donkey, they helped Jesus get on it.

And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Jesus told them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us, so we can eat it.”

While He was still speaking, suddenly a mob was there, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss Him,

but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

But Jesus responded, “No more of this!” And touching his ear, He healed him.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?

The men who were holding Jesus started mocking and beating Him.

Herod was very glad to see Jesus; for a long time he had wanted to see Him because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by Him.

So he kept asking Him questions, but Jesus did not answer him.

Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,

and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

As they led Him away, they seized Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit.” Saying this, He breathed His last.

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

They went in but did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

And while they were discussing and arguing, Jesus Himself came near and began to walk along with them.

“What things?” He asked them.

So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,