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And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: "Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him."

So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

"Let it be so now," Jesus replied. "It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way." Then John permitted Him.

"If You are the Son of God," he said, "throw Yourself down. For it is written: 'He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.'"

So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be praised by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

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

So then, this is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name,

so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you." And his servant was healed at that very hour.

So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve them.

Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.

"You of little faith," Jesus replied, "why are you so afraid?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

So the demons begged Jesus, "If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs."

"Go!" He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the waters.