1 Corinthians – Chapter 1

 

1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

1:2 to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:4 I always thank my God concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

1:5 that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge—

1:6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you—

1:7 so that you come behind in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1:8 who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1:9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1:10 Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

1:11 For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.

1:12 Now I mean this, that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” and, “I follow Christ.”

1:13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

1:15 so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name.

1:16 (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.

1:18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1:19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

1:21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.

1:22 For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks,

1:24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;

1:25 because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1:26 For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

1:27 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.

1:28 God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,

1:29 that no flesh should boast before God.

1:30 Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

1:31 that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”

Romans – Chapter 1

 

1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

1:2 which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

1:3 concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,

1:4 who was declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

1:5 through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;

1:6 among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;

1:7 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

1:10 requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

1:12 that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

1:13 Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (and was hindered so far), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

1:14 I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.

1:15 So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

1:17 For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

1:19 because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.

1:20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.

1:21 Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

1:23 and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, four-footed animals, and creeping things.

1:24 Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves;

1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

1:26 For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

1:27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.

1:28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,

1:30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

1:31 without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;

1:32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

Acts – Chapter 1

 

1:1 The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

1:2 until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

1:3 To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about God’s Kingdom.

1:4 Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.

1:5 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

1:6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

1:7 He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.

1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

1:9 When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

1:10 While they were looking steadfastly into the sky as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,

1:11 who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.”

1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

1:13 When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying, that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

1:14 All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

1:15 In these days, Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,

1:16 “Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.

1:17 For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

1:18 Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out.

1:19 It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’

1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’

1:21 “Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

1:22 beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

1:23 They put forward two: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.

1:24 They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen

1:25 to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

1:26 They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.

John – Chapter 1

 

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.

1:3 All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.

1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.

1:6 There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.

1:7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

1:8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

1:9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.

1:11 He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

1:12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

1:13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

1:14 The Word became flesh and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only born Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

1:15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”

1:16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

1:17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.

1:19 This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

1:20 He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Christ.”

1:21 They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”

1:22 They said therefore to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

1:23 He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

1:24 The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

1:25 They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

1:26 John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.

1:27 He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”

1:28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

1:29 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

1:30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’

1:31 I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water, that he would be revealed to Israel.”

1:32 John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

1:33 I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘On whomever you will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

1:34 I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

1:35 Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,

1:36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

1:37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

1:38 Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”

1:39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

1:40 One of the two who heard John and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

1:41 He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

1:42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).

1:43 On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”

1:44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

1:45 Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

1:46 Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

1:48 Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

1:49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”

1:50 Jesus answered him, “Because I told you, ‘I saw you underneath the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these!”

1:51 He said to him, “Most certainly, I tell you all, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

Luke – Chapter 1

 

1:1 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

1:2 even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

1:3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

1:4 that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.

1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

1:6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

1:7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

1:8 Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division

1:9 according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

1:10 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

1:11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

1:12 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

1:13 But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

1:14 You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.

1:15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

1:16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

1:17 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

1:18 Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

1:19 The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

1:20 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

1:21 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

1:22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.

1:23 When the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.

1:24 After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

1:25 “Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”

1:26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

1:27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary.

1:28 Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”

1:29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

1:30 The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

1:31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’

1:32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

1:33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”

1:34 Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”

1:35 The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

1:36 Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

1:37 For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”

1:38 Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

1:39 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

1:40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

1:41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

1:42 She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

1:43 Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

1:44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

1:45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”

1:46 Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.

1:47 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

1:48 for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

1:49 For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.

1:50 His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.

1:51 He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

1:52 He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.

1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

1:54 He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

1:55 as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”

1:56 Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

1:57 Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

1:58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.

1:59 On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

1:60 His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”

1:61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

1:62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

1:63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.

1:64 His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.

1:65 Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.

1:66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.

1:67 His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

1:68 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;

1:69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

1:70 (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),

1:71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;

1:72 to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,

1:73 the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,

1:74 to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,

1:75 in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

1:76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

1:77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

1:78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,

1:79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

1:80 The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Mark – Chapter 1

 

1:1 The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

1:2 As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you:

1:3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!’”

1:4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

1:5 All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.

1:6 John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

1:7 He preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.

1:8 I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”

1:9 In those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

1:10 Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

1:11 A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

1:12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

1:13 He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.

1:14 Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,

1:15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”

1:16 Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

1:17 Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.”

1:18 Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

1:19 Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

1:20 Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.

1:21 They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.

1:22 They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

1:23 Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

1:24 saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!”

1:25 Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

1:26 The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

1:27 They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? What can this new doctrine be? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”

1:28 The report of him went out immediately into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.

1:29 Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

1:30 Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

1:31 He came and took her by the hand and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she served them.

1:32 At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were possessed by demons.

1:33 All the city was gathered together at the door.

1:34 He healed many who were sick with various diseases and cast out many demons. He didn’t allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.

1:35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

1:36 Simon and those who were with him searched for him.

1:37 They found him and told him, “Everyone is looking for you.”

1:38 He said to them, “Let’s go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because I came out for this reason.”

1:39 He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.

1:40 A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”

1:41 Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I want to. Be made clean.”

1:42 When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was made clean.

1:43 He strictly warned him and immediately sent him out,

1:44 and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

1:45 But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places. People came to him from everywhere.

Matthew – Chapter 1

 

1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

1:2 Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.

1:3 Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.

1:4 Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.

1:5 Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.

1:6 Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.

1:7 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.

1:8 Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.

1:9 Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.

1:10 Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.

1:11 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

1:12 After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.

1:13 Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.

1:14 Azor became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.

1:15 Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.

1:16 Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.

1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

1:19 Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

1:20 But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take to yourself Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

1:21 She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”

1:22 Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel,” which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”

1:24 Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;

1:25 and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.