Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.

The Escape to Egypt

When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”

People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.

Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

“All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”

News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.

“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;

All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?

When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.

Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat and go home.”