So all the generations from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations: and from David to the Babylonian transmigration, are fourteen generations: and from the Babylonian transmigration unto Christ, are fourteen generations.

but while he was revolving this in his mind, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, the off-spring of David, don't make any difficulty of taking Mary for thy wife: for her pregnancy is from the holy Spirit.

when king Herod heard these things, he was alarm'd, and all Jerusalem with him.

and having assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he enquired of them where Christ was to be born.

when they observ'd this of the star, they were extreamly well pleas'd.

When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, take the infant and his mother, flee into Egypt, and don't stir thence till I order you, for Herod will endeavour to have the child destroy'd. Joseph therefore arose,

Then Herod perceiving he was abused by the Magi, was full of indignation, and sent a detachment who slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and its territory, being under the age of two years, according to the limited time he had learnt of the Magi.

Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem, of all Judea, and the whole country about Jordan, came to him:

the ax is already laid to the root of the trees: every tree then which does not produce good fruit, will be hewn down, and cast into the fire.

and with the fan in his hand, he will throughly cleanse his floor, and gather the wheat into his grainery, but the chaff will he burn with unquenchable fire."

of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: at the same time a voice was heard from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

if you are the Son of God, throw your self down: for it is written, "he will charge his angels to take care of you, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest you bruise your foot against a stone."

Again, the devil accompanyed him up a very high mountain, and representing to him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them: all these things,

said he, will I give you, if you will prostrate your self and worship me.

and he said to them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men:

Thus went Jesus about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all sorts of diseases and infirmities among the people:

so that his fame was spread over all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were afflicted with any diseases or pains, demoniacs, lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

Blessed shall you be when men shall revile and persecute you, and falsely charge you with all manner of evil for your attachment to me.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great will be your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

and when men light a lamp, they do not put it under a bushel: but on the stand, to give light to all the family.

I assure you, heaven and earth may as well cease to be, as that one jot or one tittle of the law should fail of its completion.

leave your gift before the altar, go, and first of all reconcile yourself to your brother; then come to offer your gift.

I assure you, you will not be discharged till you have paid to the very last farthing.

If your right eye insnare you, it is better to pull it out, and to suffer the loss of that single part, than that thy whole body should be cast into Gehenna.

and if thy right hand insnare thee, it is better to saw it off, and to suffer the loss of that single part, than that thy whole body should be thrown into Gehenna.

but I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne:

and if any man will go to law with you, to have your coat, let him have your cloke too.

and if any one will press you to go a mile with him, go with him the other two.

Take care not to perform any religious act in order to be observed by men: otherwise you will have no reward from your father who is in heaven.

thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

for if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you.

but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your father forgive your trespasses.

for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

the eye is the light of the body: now if your eye be clear, your whole body will be enlightned.

but if your eye be bad, your whole body will be dark: if therefore that, which should be light to you, be dark; how great is that darkness?

no man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will be attach'd to the one, and neglectful of the other. ye cannot serve God and Mamon.

who by all his sollicitude can add one moment to his age?

and yet I tell you, even Solomon with all his magnificence, was not arrayed like one of these.

but first seek the kingdom of God, and that righteousness which leads to it, and all these things shall be superadded. be not

you will know them by their fruits: do men gather grapes of thorns,

Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but only they who do the will of my Father who is in heaven.

many will cry out to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? have we not cast out devils in thy name? and in thy name have we not wrought many miracles?

and then will I make this declaration to them: I never knew you: depart from me ye that have practised iniquity.

therefore, whoever heareth these instructions of mine, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the prudent man, who built his house upon a rock:

and Jesus held out his hand and touched him, saying, I will, be thou clean. and immediately he was cured of his leprosy.

and Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him.

in the evening they brought him several demoniacs: and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick:

when a certain scribe came to him, and said, Master, I will follow you where-ever you go.

but the crew were all amaz'd; what is this man, said they, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

and Jesus bad them go, accordingly they came out, and went into the herd of swine: and immediately the herd of swine ran furiously down a precipice into the sea, where they were all drown'd.

and they that kept them fled away into the town, and told the whole story of what had happen'd to the devils and their demoniacs.

and while Jesus was at table in Matthew's house, several publicans and loose people happen'd to come in, who sat down with him and his disciples.

go then and learn the meaning of that expression, "I will have mercy and not sacrifice:" for I am not come to call saints, but sinners.

Then John's disciples came to him and said, why do the Pharisees, as well as we, observe so many fasts, and your disciples keep none?

Jesus answer'd them, can the bride-men mourn, while the bridegroom is with them? the day indeed will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then will be the time to fast.

new cloth is never patch'd upon an old garment: for the patch will draw the garment, and rend it still worse.

neither do men put new wine into old skins: if they should, the bottles will burst, so that the wine will be lost and the skins be spoil'd: but they put new wine into new skins, whereby both are preserved.

the fame whereof was spread over all the country.

however when they were gone, they spread abroad his fame thro' all that country.

And Jesus went about all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing diseases and disorders of every kind.

By your mission you will be expos'd like sheep in the midst of wolves: be then as circumspect as serpents, and as inoffensive as doves:

be upon your guard with such men, for they will deliver you up to their tribunals, and scourge you in their synagogues.

and ye shall be hated by all the world for professing my name: but he that perseveres unto the end, shall escape.

Then if they persecute you in one city, fly to another: for I assure you, before you have preach'd thro' all the cities of the Jews, the son of man will come.

if the disciple fare as well as his master, and the servant as his lord, is not that sufficient? if they style the master of the house Beelzebub, much more will they call his domestics so.

by whom the very hairs of your head are all numbred:

Whosoever therefore shall own me before men, him will I own likewise before my father who is in heaven.

but whosoever shall renounce me before men, him will I also renounce before my father who is in heaven.

my coming will occasion discord between the son and his father, between the daughter and her mother, between the daughter in law and her mother in law:

I declare unto you, among the whole race of prophets, there never appear'd a greater than John the Baptist: (notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of the

for all the prophets and the law were your guides, till the coming of John.

and if ye will believe me, he is the Elias that was to come.

even so it is, father, for such has been thy will.

Believe in me, all ye that labour under oppression, and I will give you relief.

if ye had known the meaning of that expression, "I will have mercy and not sacrifice," ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

and he answer'd, which of you all that should have one of his sheep fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, would not bestir himself, and lift it out?

but Jesus perceiving their design, withdrew himself thence, accompany'd by great multitudes, and he healed all their sick,

"behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew justice to the nations.

Jesus perceiving what they surmized, said to them, any kingdom once divided against itself will soon be desolate: nor can any city or house divided against itself, long subsist.

wherefore I declare to you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but blaspheming the holy Spirit

Either allow the tree to be good, and its fruit good; or else say the tree is corrupt, and its fruit corrrupt: for a tree is distinguished by its fruit.

for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly: so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

I will return then, says he, into my house, which I have quitted; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

then he goes and takes seven other spirits besides himself, but more mischievous than himself, and they all enter in and lodge there: so that the last state of that man is worse than the first. just so shall it likewise fare with this wicked generation.

Now while he was talking to the people, his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak with him.

for whosoever shall do the will of my father, who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

and there was so great a croud of people got about him, that he was oblig'd to go into a bark, where he sat, while the people all stood on the shore.

therefore speak I to them in parables: because they over-look what they see: and are inattentive to what they hear, neither will they comprehend.

but the ground that received the grain, represents those, who hear the word, and consider it, who all become fruitful, some in one degree, and some in another.

but while the people slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

up the wheat with them. let both grow together till the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will thus direct the reapers, first of all gather the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: then lodge the wheat in my barn.

Another of his parables was this; the gospel-state is like unto leaven, which a woman took and mixt with three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

All these things spake Jesus to the multitude in parables, and did not discourse to them without some parable.

so that this saying of the prophet was fulfilled, "I will talk in parables, I will utter what has been kept secret from the foundation of the world."

the son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all that make others offend, and those who do iniquity;

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field: a man finds this treasure and buries it again, then goes in great joy, sells all that he hath, and purchases that field.

and meeting with one of great value, presently sells all that he has to make the purchase.

Again, the gospel-kingdom is like a net that is cast into the sea, and draws all sorts of fish:

Then Jesus said to them, have ye understood all this?

and when he was come into his native country, he taught them in their synagogue, in such a manner that they cry'd out with astonishment, how came this man by all this wisdom, and extraordinary power?