Matthew 1, 1-16, 18-23

Roll of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:  Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,  Judah fathered Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram,  Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon, Salmon fathered Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse;  and Jesse fathered King David… Read more »

Luke 12-19

Now it happened in those days that he went onto the mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.  When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’:  Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,  Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon called the Zealot,  Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor.   … Read more »

Luke 6,6-11

Now on another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and began to teach, and a man was present, and his right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see if he would cure somebody on the Sabbath, hoping to find something to charge him with.  But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man with the withered hand, ‘Get up and stand out in the middle!’ And he came forward and stood there… Read more »

Luke 14, 25-33

Great crowds accompanied him on his way and he turned and spoke to them.  ‘Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple.  No one who does not carry his cross and come after me can be my disciple.  ‘And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it? … Read more »

Luke 6,1-5

1One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. 2Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

3Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? … Read more »