now by these events, that divine prediction of the Prophet had its full accomplishment, when he said, "Behold,

And when they saw the star they were full of joy.

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the male children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

Then large numbers of people went out to him--people from Jerusalem and from all Judaea, and from the whole of the Jordan valley--

and were baptized by him in the Jordan, making full confession of their sins.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for this is the fitting way for both of us to do our full duty to God." Then he yielded to Him.

And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

whereby those words of Esaias the prophet, had their full effect, "the land of Zabulon,

the people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in the valley and shadow of death, light sprang up.

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.

and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

"Those persons who feel a deep sense of their personal need are blessed because the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

"Those persons who feel grief [over their sins] are blessed because they will receive comfort [from God when they repent].

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be fed to the full.

Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

Let your light so shine before the eyes of your fellow men, that, seeing your good actions, they may praise your Father who is in Heaven.

Think not that I have come to make the law or the prophets of no effect. I have not come to make them of no effect, but to give them their full efficiency.

I have not come to set them aside but to fill them up to the brim. For I solemnly say to you, heaven and earth would sooner pass away than the dotting of an 'i' or the crossing of a 't' from the law, until it all becomes in force.

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

But if your right eye makes you fall, tear it out and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all thrown into the pit!

If your right hand makes you fall, cut it off and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all go down to the pit!

so that you may [show yourselves to] be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on those who are evil and on those who are good, and makes the rain fall on the righteous [those who are morally upright] and the unrighteous [the unrepentant, those who oppose Him].

“So whenever you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not blow a trumpet before you [to advertise it], as the hypocrites do [like actors acting out a role] in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored and recognized and praised by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.

“Also, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray [publicly] standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets so that they may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.

And do not allow us to fall under temptation, but deliver us from [being harmed by] the evil one.'

“And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a sad and dismal face [like actors, discoloring their faces with ashes or dirt] so that their fasting may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

So, if God so [beautifully] dresses the grass in a field, which is [green] today, and [then] tomorrow [dries up and] is thrown in the oven [i.e., as fuel], will He not do even more in providing your clothing, you people with such little faith?

Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

"Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

[Relocated to follow vs 20] Any tree that does not produce sound fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

And every one who hears these my teachings and does not act upon them will be found to resemble a fool who builds his house upon sand.

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

At length Jesus finished his discourse, and the people were fill'd with astonishment at his doctrine.

And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him,

Suddenly, a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."

And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

But another of his disciples, whom he ordered to follow Him, said unto Him, Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father:

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him,

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

And the foul spirits began begging Jesus: "If you drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs."

and those feeding did flee, and, having gone to the city, they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs.

Then some of the scribes told themselves, "This fellow is blaspheming!"

But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

While Jesus was telling them these things, an official came up and fell down before him. "My daughter has just died," he said. "But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,

Then a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the [tassel] fringe of His outer robe;

Then He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them authority over foul spirits, to drive them out; and to cure every kind of disease and infirmity.

Be on your guard against your fellow men, for they will betray you to courts of law, and scourge you in their Synagogues;

But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

God even knows the number of hairs on your head [Note: The average full head of hair has approximately 25,000 hairs].

Every one, therefore, who shall acknowledge me before his fellow men, I, too, will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven;

But, if any one disowns me before his fellow men, I, too, will disown him before my Father who is in Heaven.

And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

And no one who will give the humblest of my disciples even a cup of cold water because he is my disciple, I tell you, can ever fail of his reward."

and blessed is every one who does not stumble and fall because of my claims."

At that time as Jesus pass'd through the corn on the sabbath day, his disciples being hungry, pluck'd the ears of corn, and fell to eating.

And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.

"No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, then he roams about in places where there is no water, seeking rest but finding none.

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Therefore, I am speaking to them with parables because [although] they can see, they [really] do not perceive, and [although] they can hear, they [really] do not comprehend, and so they [utterly] fail to understand [what I am trying to get across].

where other seed fell, denotes the man that heareth the word, and at first receives it with pleasure:

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

he that is meant by the thorny ground, where other seed fell, is one that heareth the word: which by cares of this life, and the deceitful love of riches, is soon stifled, and becomes unfruitful:

It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."

and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

'As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,

The Son of man will send out His angels and they will gather out of His kingdom all those people who cause others to fall away [from God] and those who [continue to] sin.

Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,

and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

When evening fell, the disciples came up to him and said, "It is a desert place and the day is now gone; send off the crowds to buy food for themselves in the villages."

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

After dismissing the crowds, he went up the hill by himself to pray; and, when evening fell, he was there alone.

And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind fell.

and the men on board fell down before him and said, "You are indeed God's Son."

but he answered them, why do you violate the law of God to follow your tradition?

It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul."

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they make the man foul.

These are the things that make a man foul, but eating with unwashed hands does not make a man foul."

Then she came and fell down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.