And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.

You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.

And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

So he took the young child and his mother by night, and went into Egypt;

In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.

And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.

Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does:

And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:

No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of 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?

Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.

Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.

He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,

Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.

And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.

Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:

Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.

He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.

Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.

And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.

At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

Ordering them not to give people word of him:

His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets.

The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.

And all the people were surprised and said, Is not this the Son of David?

Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.

Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.

And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.