and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

The Magi Visit the Messiah

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

“What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.

Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say,

The Father Revealed in the Son

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.

Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”

John the Baptist Beheaded

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus,

His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”

and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

Jesus Predicts His Death

From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time

When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.

The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.