Jesus’ Birth Foretold

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee named Nazareth,

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.

Jesus’ Birth in Bethlehem

Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth.

Jesus Presented at the Temple

And when eight days were completed so that it was time for His circumcision, He was also named Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

And he came by the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to carry out for Him the custom of the Law,

and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days required, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware of it.

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

Jesus Is Baptized

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened,

Genealogy of Jesus

When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years old, being, as was commonly held, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli,

The Temptation of Jesus

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

And Jesus answered him, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

Jesus replied to him, “It is written: ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

And Jesus answered and said to him, “It has been stated, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Jesus’ Public Ministry

And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding region.

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

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, it came out of him without doing him any harm.

Now when day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and they came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving them.

But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

and likewise also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not fear; from now on you will be catching people.”

A Man with Leprosy Healed

While He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.

But when they did not find any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus.

But Jesus, aware of their thoughts, responded and said to them, “Why are you thinking this way in your hearts?

And Jesus answered and said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.

And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the attendants of the groom fast while the groom is with them, can you?