The city possesses the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper.

(Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay each one according to what he has done!

When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you.” And the servant was healed at that hour.

Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

and said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.

And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground –

So after leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat, and other boats were with him.

As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things.

Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

“Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.