“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

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

the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.”

Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him.

Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets.

And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.

For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.

When the men had come to Him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, ‘Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?’ ”

And the Lord said, “To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like?

For there were about five thousand men. Then He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.”

And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,

But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him.

“Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village.

The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.”

And He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

Confess Christ Before Men

“Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God.

But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?

But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.”