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So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.

So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ would be born.

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship him.”

So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and escaped to Egypt.

He stayed there until Herod’s death, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: Out of Egypt I called my Son.

So he got up, took the child and his mother, and entered the land of Israel.

Then the news about him spread throughout Syria. So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics. And he healed them.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother or sister has something against you,

so that you may be

So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

so that your fasting isn’t obvious to others but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness, how deep is that darkness!

So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’

“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged.

So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.

Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith.

So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve him.

so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: