This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”

Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!”

And when he came to the house, he allowed no one to enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father and mother of the child.

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

The Transfiguration

Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray.

Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.

And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.

To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”

Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And the last state of that person is worse than the first.”

The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.

Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?”

And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?