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That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother,

"Get up!" the angel said. "Take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead."

So Joseph got up and returned to the land of Israel with Jesus and his mother.

In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was,

John's clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.

"I baptize with water those who repent of their sins and turn to God. But someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I'm not worthy even to be his slave and carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire."

After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him.

and said, "If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won't even hurt your foot on a stone.'"

One day as he saw the crowds gathering, Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down. His disciples gathered around him,

But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

"You have heard the law that says, ‘A man can divorce his wife by merely giving her a written notice of divorce.'

But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

And do not say, ‘By the earth!' because the earth is his footstool. And do not say, ‘By Jerusalem!' for Jerusalem is the city of the great King.

If a soldier demands that you carry his gear for a mile, carry it two miles.

In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.

yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,

When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.

But Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head."