The Birth of Jesus Christ

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ,

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

And demons also came out of many, crying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

Acknowledge Christ Before Men

“And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God,

Whose Son Is the Christ?

But he said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David's son?

“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe,

And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!”

One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”

Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,