And I saw the holy city – the new Jerusalem – descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.

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

When they saw the star they shouted joyfully.

And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.”

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Give us today our daily bread,

And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

A large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them.

After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town.

And the news of this spread throughout that region.

But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region.

As they were going away, a man who could not talk and was demon-possessed was brought to him.

Even all the hairs on your head are numbered.

“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”

Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared.