After<n id="1" /> Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the<n id="2" /> heavens<n id="3" /> opened<n id="4" /> and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove<n id="5" /> and coming on him.

Or how can you say<n id="1" /> to your brother, &#8216;Let me remove the speck from your eye,&#8217; while there is a beam in your own?

And he said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Go!&#8221; So<n id="2" /> they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

Just then<n id="1" /> some people<n id="2" /> brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.<n id="3" /> When Jesus saw their<n id="4" /> faith, he said to the paralytic, &#8220;Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.&#8221;<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, &#8220;My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live.&#8221;

This is the one about whom it is written:p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>who will prepare your way before youb>.i>&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, &#8216;Look at him,<n id="1" /> a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors<n id="2" /> and sinners!&#8217;<n id="3" /> But wisdom is vindicated<n id="4" /> by her deeds.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>Here isi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>my servant whom I have chosen,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>the one I love, in whom I take great delightb>.i><n id="2" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nationsb>.i>p>

The people<n id="1" /> of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them<n id="2" /> &#8211; and now,<n id="3" /> something greater than Jonah is here!

The queen of the South<n id="1" /> will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon &#8211; and now,<n id="2" /> something greater than Solomon is here!p>

A<n id="1" /> Canaanite woman from that area came<n id="2" /> and cried out,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!&#8221;

Again he sent other slaves, saying, &#8216;Tell those who have been invited, &#8220;Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready.<n id="1" /> My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.&#8221;&#8217;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;For this reason I<n id="1" /> am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law,<n id="2" /> some of whom you will kill and crucify,<n id="3" /> and some you will flog<n id="4" /> in your synagogues<n id="5" /> and pursue from town to town,

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, &#8220;Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

<t /><p class="bodytext">While he was still speaking, Judas,<n id="1" /> one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.

But<n id="1" /> one of those with Jesus grabbed<n id="2" /> his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest&#8217;s slave,<n id="3" /> cutting off his ear.

When he had contemplated this, an<n id="1" /> angel of the Lord<n id="2" /> appeared to him in a dream and said, &#8220;Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After they had gone, an<n id="1" /> angel of the Lord<n id="2" /> appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, &#8220;Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod<n id="3" /> is going to look for the child to kill him.&#8221;