The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. After his mother, Mary, had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

The Magi listened to the king, and went on their way, and lo! the star which they had seen in the east led them until it came and stood over the place where the young child was.

saying, "Rise! Take the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the life of the child are dead."

So he rose and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea;

This John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread."

Then the devil left him, and behold! angels came and began ministering to him.

When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and when he had seated himself, his disciples came to him,

"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon the house, but it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.

"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."

And behold! a leper came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord if you choose, you can make me clean."

When he entered Capernaum, an army captain came, and entered him,

When Jesus came into Peter's house, he found his wife's mother prostrated with fever.

when a Scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!"

But he was asleep. And they came and woke him, saying. "Lord save us! We are drowning!"

"Why are you afraid?" he said, "you men of little faith!" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm.

He answered, "Go!" So they came out of the men, and went into the swine, and behold! the entire herd rushed headlong down from the cliff into the sea, and perished in the water.

At once all the citizens came out to meet Jesus; and when they had seen him, they begged him to move away from their country.

So he went on board, crossed the sea, and came to his own city.

And he rose and followed him. And while he was at table in Matthew's house, there came many tax-gatherers and sinners, and they dined with Jesus and his disciples.

At that time the disciples of John came and asked him, "Why are we and the Pharisees always fasting, while your disciples are not?"

As he was saying these words to them, a ruler came up and knelt before him, saying. "My daughter has just died; but come, put your hand upon her, and she will live."

But a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him, and touched the tassel of his cloak.

And when he had gone indoors, they came to him. "Do you believe that I can do this?" asked Jesus. "Yes, Lord," they answered.

"For I came to set "a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, 'He has a demon';

and the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Lo, a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is justified by her deeds."

The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

"The Queen of the South will rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and lo! a greater than Solomon is here!

and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.

Now when his disciples came up to him, they said,

"but while men were asleep his enemy came and sowed tares among his wheat and went away.

After he had sent the people away and gone into the house, his disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

and came into his own country, where he continued teaching the people in their synagogues, until they were amazed. "Where did he get such wisdom?" they said, "and such wondrous powers?

Then John's disciples went and removed his body, and came and told Jesus.

As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said: "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food."

After he had sent the crowds away, he went up into the mountain alone, to pray. When night came he was there alone.

And in the fourth watch of the night he came toward them, walking upon the sea,

Then they crossed over and came to land at Gennesaret;

Then some Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

Then his disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that the Pharisees were scandalized when they heard that saying?" He replied.

Behold, there came to him a Canaanite woman of those parts. She wailed loudly, saying. "Pity me, Lord, thou Son of David! My daughter is possessed of an evil spirit."

But he answered her not a word. Then the disciples came up and kept beseeching him. "Send her away," they said, "because she wails after us."

But the woman came and knelt to him and said, "Lord, do help me."

Great crowds came to him, bringing the crippled, the blind, the maimed, the dumb, and many others. They laid them at his feet and he healed them;

When he had sent the crowds away, he got into the boat and came into the region of Magadan.

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and in order to test him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

When Jesus came into the neighborhood of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of man is?"

But Jesus came to them and touched them, saying, "Rise, have no fear!"

As they reached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, and fell on his knees before him, saying.

Then Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, and it came out of him; and the boy was cured from that very hour.

Thereupon Jesus' disciples came to him and asked him privately, "Why were we not able to cast it out?"

As they came into Capernaum the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and asked, "Does not your Teacher pay the temple tax?"

At that hour his disciples came to Jesus and asked him, "Who is really greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

Just then Peter came to him, and asked him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?"

It came about after Jesus had finished these teachings, that he removed from Galilee, and went to that part of Judea which lay across the Jordan.

Presently some of the Pharisees came up to him, and made test of him by asking, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?"

But look! a certain man came up to him and asked, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

"I tell you again, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven."

"And when evening came, the Lord of the vineyard said to his steward, "'Call the workmen and pay them their wages, beginning with the last hired and ending with the first.'

"When those came who had begun at five o'clock, they received two shillings apiece;

"and when the first came they supposed that they would get more, but they also received each two shillings.

Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, kneeling down and begging a favor of him.

"just as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

And as he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they said.

Then the blind and the lame came to him in the Temple courts, and he healed them.

When he had entered the Temple courts, and was teaching, the high priests and elders of the people came to him and asked him, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

"For John came to you in the road of righteousness, and you did not give credence to him; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots gave credence to him. But you, although you saw this, did not even then change your minds and give credence to him.

"Then the king came in to inspect his guests, and he discovered there a man who had not put on a wedding-garment. He said to him,

That very day there came to him some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. and they questioned him.

"You blind guides! who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!

"For I tell you that never shall you see me again until you say, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord." "nor did they know until the deluge came and swept them away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

Then Jesus left the Temple courts and was walking away, when his disciples came to point out to him the Temple buildings.

When he had seated himself on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

nor did they know until the deluge came and swept them away; so will be the coming of the son of man.

"And while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding-feast. And the door was shut.

"Afterwards the other maidens came and cried, "'Lord, Lord, open unto us!'

"After a long time the master of those slaves came, and demanded a reckoning with them.

"The man who had received the five talents came, bringing five more, and said: "'Master, five talents you entrusted to me; see, I have gained five more.'

"The second, who had received the two talents, came up and said: "'Master, it was two talents that you entrusted to me; see, I have gained two more.'

"Then the man who had received the one talent came up and said: "'Master, I knew you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown, and gathering where you had not scattered;

"'I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to see me.'

a woman came up to him who had an alabaster vase of very costly perfume, and poured it over his head, as he reclined at table.

On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to make preparation for you eat the Passover?"

When evening came he reclined at table with the Twelve;

Then he came to his disciples, and found them asleep, and said to Peter. "So you were none of you strong enough to watch with me even one hour!

He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Then he came to the disciples and said: "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Look! the hour is at hand; the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

So he came straight up to Jesus and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed him eagerly.

"Friend, do that for which you came," said Jesus. Then they came forward and laid hands on Jesus, and arrested him.

but they found none, although many false witnesses came forward.

However, at last two came forward who said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the Temple of God and build it in three days.'"

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one of the maidservants came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus, the Galilean!"

A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "You also are certainly one of them, for your speech betrays you."

And when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, how they might put him to death.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha (the word means "Place of a Skull"),

When it was eventide, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Josephus, who was himself a disciple of Jesus.

At the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came down to see the sepulcher, when lo!

"His disciples came by night and stole him away, while we were asleep."