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and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.
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She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
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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.
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“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
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Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.
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where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
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and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.
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People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.
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the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
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Jesus Calls His First Disciples
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
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“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
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Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,
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Jesus Heals the Sick
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
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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.
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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
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“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
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Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
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Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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Murder
“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
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Oaths
“Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’
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And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
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For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
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Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
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When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes,
