In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Ronan world.
(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria)
And everyone went to his own town to register.
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the twon of David, because be belonged to the house and line of David.
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born,
and she gave birth to her firstborn , a son, She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger,because there was no room for them in the inn
And tehre were shephereds, living out in the fields nearby. keeping watch over their flock at night.
An angel of the Lord appeared to them and tehg lory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
But the angel said to them,"Do not be afraid, I bring you good news of great jou thjat will be for all the people.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
Suddenly a great company of the heaventh host appeared with the angel. prasing God and saying,
"Glory to God in th highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests,"
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another,"Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child.
and all who heard it were amazed at what thes hep[herds said to them,
But Marty treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
The shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and ween, which were just as they had been told.
On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived.
When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.
(as it is written in the law of the Lord,"Every firstborn male is to bec onsecrated to the Lord,")
and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: a pair of doves or two young pigeons."
Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the cinsolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts, When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required.
Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying
"Sovereign L,ord as you have prosised, you now dismiss your servant in peace.
For my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you haveprepared in the sight of all people.
a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel."
The child's father and mother marveled at what was said about him.
Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother,"This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be spoken against.
so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed, And a sword will pierce your own soul too.
There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, She was very old; she had lived with her husbabd seven years after her marriage
and then was a widow until she was eighty four ,She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Coming up to them at that very moment ,she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of jerusalem.
When Joseph and mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
And thec hild grew and because strong be was filled with wisdom, and tehg race of God was upon him
Every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom,
After the Feast was over, while hisn oarents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it.
Thinking he was in their company. they traveled on for a day, Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends,
When they did not find him, they went back to jerusalem to look for him
I had to After three days they found him in thet emple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers,
When his parents saw him. they were astonished, His mother said to him,"Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have you treated us like this? Your father and I have you treated us like this> Your father and I have been abziously searching for you."
"Why were you searching for me? he asked "Didn;t you know I had to be in my Father's house?"
But they did not understand what he was saying to htem,
Then hew ent down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them, but his mother two sured all these things in her heart.
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
Nuke 3
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar- when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod terrach of Galilee , his brother Philip tetrach of tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene-
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechriah in the desert.
He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
As is written in the book of the words of isaiah the prophe;"A voice of one calling in the desert,"Prepare thew ay for the Lord, make straight paths for him.
Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth,
And all mankind will see God's sa;vation,"
John said to the crowds coming out to be vaptized by him,"You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. Andd o not begin tos ay to yourselves, We have Abraham as our father, For tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham,
The ax is already at the root of the trees, ande very tree that does not procuce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire,"
"What should we do then?" the crowd asked.
John answered,"The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same,"
Tax collectors also came to be baptized,"Teacher," they asked,"what should we do?"
"Don't collect any more than you are required to," he told them.
Then some soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" He replied,"Don't extort money andd on't accuse people falsely- be content with your pay."
The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Christ.
John answered them all, "I baptize you with water, But one more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie, He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and tog ather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unwuenchable fire,"
And with many other words John exhorted the people and preached the good new to them.
But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and all the other evil things he had done,
Herode added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.
When all the people were beign baptized, Jesus was baptized too, And as he was praying heaven was opened.
and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased,"
Now Jesus himself was baout thirty years, old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought of Joseph, the son of Heli.
the son of Mathat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph.
the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, teh son of Nahun, the son of Esli. the son of Naggai,
the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
the son of Joanan, teh son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
the son of Melki, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
the son of Simeon, the son of Judah ,the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakin.
the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
the son of jesse, the son of Obed the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of hezron , the son of Perez, the son of Judah.
the son of Jacob,the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor.
the son of Serug the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, teh son of Shem, teh son of Noah, the son of Lamech.
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan.
the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Nuke 4
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert.
where for forty days he was tempted by the devil, He ate nothing during those days, and the end of them he was hungry
The devil said to him,"If you are the Son of God tell this stone to ebcome bread,"
Jesus answered," It is written,"Man does not live on bread alone,"
The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
And he said to him,"I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to,
So if you worship me, it will all be yours,"
Jesus answered,"It is written,"Worship the Lord your God and serve him only."
The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple,"If you are the Son of God." he said, "throw yourself down from here,
For it is written: "He will command his angels concerning you tog uard you carefully;
they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone,"
Jesus answered,"It says, Do not put the Lord your God to the test,"
When thed evil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
Jesus aswered to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside.
He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.
He wdnt to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read,
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him, Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he ahs anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to relase the oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
Then he rolled up thje scroll, gave it back to thea ttendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fashened on him.
and spoke well of him and were amazed at theg racious words thjat came from his lips "isn't this Joseph's son?" they asked.
All spoke well of him and were amazes at theg racious words that came from his lips,"Isn't this Joseph's son?" they asked.
jesus said to them, "Surely you will quote this proverb to me, Physician, had yourself .Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum."
"I tell upi tje truth," he continued,"no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
I assure you that there were many widows in israel in Eliah's time, when the sky was shit for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.
Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon,
And tehre were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed- only Naaman the Syrian."
All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this.
They got up, drove him out of the town, amd took him to the brow of the hill on which teh town was built. in order to throw him down the cliff,
But he walked right through thec rowd and went on his way.
Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath began to teach the people.
They were amazed at his teaching, because his message had authority,
In the synagogue there was a man posessed by a demon, an evil spirit, he cried out at the top of his voice.
"Ha! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come tod estroy us? I know who you are0 the Holy One of God!"
"Be quiet! Jesus said sternly,"Come out of him!" Then thed emon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.
All the people were amazed and said toe ach other,"What is this reaching? With authority and power he gives orders to evil spirits and they come out!"
And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area.
Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon's mother-in- law was suffering from a high fever, and theya sked Jesus to help her,
So he bent over her and rebuked the fever and it left her, She gout up at once and began to wait on them.
When the sun was setting, the people brought to jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them.
Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting,"You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew hew as the Christ.
At daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place. The people were looking for him and when they came to where hew as, they tried to keep him from leaving them.
But he said, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent,"
And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
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