Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:

But he knew her not, till she had brought forth her Son, the first-born. And he called his name Jesus.

When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him.

And having heard the king, they departed; and lo the star which they had seen in the East, moved on before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

Then Herod, seeing that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sending forth, slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the confines thereof, from two years old and under; according to the time which he had exactly inquired of the wise men.

And this John had his raiment of camels hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

And when Jesus had ended these sayings, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, For he taught them as one having authority,

But they that kept them fled, and going into the city, told every thing, and what had befallen the demoniacs.

marvelled, and glorified God, who had given such power to men.

(And behold a woman who had had a flux of blood, twelve years, coming behind him, touched the hem of his garment.

And when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence, to teach and to preach in their cities.

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

Then began he to upbraid the cities, wherein most of his mighty works had been done, because they repented not.

Wo to thee, Chorazin, wo to thee, Bethsaida: for if the mighty works which have been done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And thou, Capernaum, who hast been exalted to heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained till this day.

But I say to you, That one greater than the temple is here. And if ye had known what that meaneth,

And departing thence, he went into their synagogue. And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand.

Others fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and they sprung up immediately, because they had not depth of earth.

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they withered away.

Who having found one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

And when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence: And coming into his own country,

For Herod had apprehended John, and bound him and put him in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philip's wife.

For John had said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

And they that had eaten were about five thousand, beside women and children.

And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought to him all that were diseased; And besought him,

And they that had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.

And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

And as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Should'st not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, as I had pity on thee?

And Jesus, when he had finished these sayings, departed from Gacilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan.

But the young man, hearing that saying, went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

And the disciples went and did as Jesus had commanded them,

But what think you? A man had two sons; and coming to the first, he said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

But the king coming in to see the guests, saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment,

For they all had her. Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

But the Pharisees having heard, that he had silenced the Saducees, were gathered together.

And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

But ye know this, that if the housholder had known, in what watch the thief would have come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broke open.

Then he who had received the five talents, went and traded with them, and made them other five talents.

And likewise he that had received the two, he also gained other two.

But he that had received one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's mony.

And he that had received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Sir, thou deliveredst to me five talents; behold I have gained to them five talents more.

He also that had received two talents came and said, Sir, thou deliveredst to me two talents; behold I have gained to them two other talents.

Then he that had received the one talent came and said, Sir, I knew that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sown, and gathering whence thou hadst not scattered.

His lord answering said to him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather whence I had not scattered?

And when Jesus had finished all these discourses, he said to his disciples,

But his disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but wo to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed: it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

And after they had eaten, Jesus took bread and blessed and brake and gave it to his disciples and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

And when they had sung the hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

Now he that betrayed him, had given them a signal, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, is he; seize him.

And they that had apprehended Jesus, led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

Then Judas who had betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

And they had then a notorious prisoner, named Barabbas.

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

And after they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.

Jesus after he had cried again with a loud voice, dismissed his spirit.

And many women were there, beholding afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.

which he had hewn out in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, departed.

And behold, there had been a great earthquake, and an angel of the Lord descending from heaven, had come and rolled away the stone from the door and sat upon it.

While they were going, behold some of the guard coming into the city, told the chief priests all the things that had been done.

Then the eleven disciples went into Galilee to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

And when they saw him they worshiped him, tho' some had doubted.