But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

“Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time?

and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.

After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.

So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple,

Jesus said to him, “Once again it is written: ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.

From that time Jesus began to preach this message: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one.

So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored,

Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching,

“Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish.”

Now when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever.