Then his lord called the first slave ¹  and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!

As ¹  he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). ² 

Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat ¹  with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then ²  he called them.

It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more will they defame the members of his household!

Then Jesus called the ¹  disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.”

At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus ¹  Barabbas.

and elaborate greetings ¹  in the marketplaces, and to have people call them ‘Rabbi.’

Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves ¹  and entrusted his property to them.

but did not have marital relations ¹  with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named ²  Jesus.

Then Herod ¹  privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? ¹  And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

So the last will be first, and the first last.”

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, ¹  he asked them where the Christ ²  was to be born.

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. ¹  “Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” ¹ 

“Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him ¹  Emmanuel,” ²  which means ³  “God with us.” ⁴ 

and Josiah ¹  the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

He said to them, “Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people.” ¹