Matthew 18 Who Is the Greatest? At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"2And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them3and said,"Truly, I say to you, unless youturn andbecome like children, youwill never enter the kingdom of heaven.4Whoever humbles himself like this child is thegreates...

Matthew 17 The Transfiguration And after six days Jesus took with himPeter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.2And he wastransfigured before them, andhis face shone like the sun, andhis clothes became white as light.3And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.4And Peter said to Jesus, ...

Matthew 16 The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, andto test himthey asked him to show thema sign from heaven.2He answered them,[a]"When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'3And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.'You know how to interpret t...

Matthew 15 Traditions and Commandments Then Pharisees andscribes came to Jesusfrom Jerusalem and said,2"Why do your disciples breakthe tradition of the elders?For they do not wash their hands when they eat."3He answered them,"And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?4For God commanded,'Honor your father and your mother,' ...

Matthew 14 The Death of John the Baptist At that timeHerod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus,2and he said to his servants,"This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him."3ForHerod had seized John and bound him andput him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's w...

Matthew 13 The Parable of the Sower That same day Jesus went out of the houseand sat beside the sea.2And great crowds gathered about him,so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.3Andhe told them many things in parables, saying:"A sower went out to sow.4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds ca...

Matthew 12 Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath At that timeJesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, andthey began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him,"Look, your disciples are doingwhat is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."3He said to them,"Have you not read what David did when h...

Matthew 11 Messengers from John the Baptist When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. 2Now when John heardin prison about the deeds ofthe Christ, he sent word byhis disciples3and said to him, "Are youthe one who is to come, or shall welook for another?"4And Jesus answered them,"Go...

Matthew 10 The Twelve Apostles And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.2The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon,who is called Peter, andAndrew his brother;James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;3Philip and Bartholomew; ...

Matthew 9 Jesus Heals a Paralytic And getting into a boat he crossed over and came tohis own city.2And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesussaw their faith, he said to the paralytic,"Take heart, my son;your sins are forgiven."3And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves,"This man is blaspheming."4But Jesus,k...