Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit.

"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel," which is, being interpreted, God with us.

and having assembled all the high-priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them, "Where the Christ should be born,"

and, sending them to Bethlehem, he said, "Having gone, inquire ye exactly concerning the Child; and, when ye find Him, bring me word, that I, too, having come, may worship Him."

And they, having heard the king, departed; and, behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till, having come, it stood over where the Child was.

And, coming into the house, they saw the Child with Mary, His mother; and, falling down, they paid Him homage; and, having opened their treasures, they presented to Him gifts??old and frankincense and myrrh.

And, they having departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Having risen, take the Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there till I speak to you; for Herod is about to seek the Child to destroy Him."

And, arising, he took the Child and His mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

"Arising, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the life of the Child are dead."

And he, having risen, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

"And, if your right eye is causing you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be cast into Hell.

"And, if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body go away into Hell.

and to him who is desirous that you should be sued at the law, and to take your coat, grant your cloak also;

"All things, therefore, whatsoever ye wish that men should do to you, so do ye also to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

And, behold, they were bringing to Him a paralytic laid upon a couch. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Child, be of good courage; your sins are forgiven."

"And brother will deliver up brother to death; and father, his child; and children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And He said to them "What man of you who shall have one sheep; and, if this should fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it, and raise it up?

And He charged them, that they should not make Him known;

for the heart of this people was made gross, and with their ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them.'

And he said to them, 'An enemy did this.' The servants say to him, 'Do you wish, then, that we, going, should gather them up?'

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.

And straightway He constrained the disciples to enter into a boat, and to go before Him to the other side, while He should dismiss the multitudes.

And His disciples say to Him, "Whence should we, in a wilderness, have so many loaves as to satisfy so great a multitude?"

Then He charged the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.

And, having called a little child to Him, He placed it in the midst of them,

Whosoever, therefore, shall humble himself as this little child, he is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

And whosoever receives one such little child in My name, receives Me.

In like manner it is not the will of your Father Who is in Heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

And he would not; but, going away, he cast him into prison, till he should pay what was due.

Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow-servant, as I had mercy on you?'

And, being angry, his lord delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all the debt.

But the multitude rebuked them, that they should be silent. But they cried the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Thou Son of David!"

And, standing still, Jesus called them, and said, "What do you wish that I should do to you?"

"But what think ye? A man had two children; and to the first, he said, 'Child, go, work today in the vineyard.'

But woe to the women with child, and to those giving suck, in those days!

And, unless those days should be shortened, no flesh could be saved: but, for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.

And on the first day of the unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where dost Thou wish that we should prepare for Thee to eat the passover?"

But Peter, answering, said to Him, "If all should be made to stumble because of Thee, I will never be made to stumble."

Again, a second time, going away, He prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is not possible that this cup should pass away except I drink it, Thy will be done,"

When, therefore, they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do ye desire that I should release to you? Barabbas or Jesus Who is called Christ?"

But the high priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes, that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

And the governor, answering, said to them, "Which of the two do ye desire that I should release to you?" And they said, Barabbas."

order, therefore, that the sepulchre be made secure until the third day, lest haply His disciples, coming, should steal Him away, and say to the people, 'He was raised from the dead;' and the last error will be worse than the first."

And Jesus, seeing their faith, saith to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven."

And He spake to His disciples, that a little boat should wait, on Him, lest they should throng Him;

And He was charging them much, that they should not make Him manifest.

that, seeing, they may see, and not perceive; and, hearing, they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn, and be forgiven."

For there is nothing hid, except that it should be manifested; nor was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

And He said, "So is the Kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth;

and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knows not how.

And, having entered, He saith to them, "Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? the child did not die, but she is sleeping."

And they were deriding Him. But He, having put them all out, taketh with Him the father of the child, and the mother, and those with Him, and goeth in where the child was.

And, having taken hold of the child's hand, He saith to her, "Talitha cumi;" which is, being interpreted, "Damsel, (I say to you), arise."

And He charged them much that no one should know this; and He commanded that something should be given her to eat.

and He charged them that they should take nothing for the way, except a staff only; no bread, no wallet, no money in their girdle;

And, going forth, they preached that men should repent.

And He commanded that all should recline by companies on the grass.

And, going away into her own house, she found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.

And He charged them that they should tell no one; but the more He charged them, the more a great deal did they publish it.

And He charged them that they should tell no one concerning Him.

And, as they were coming down from the mountain, He charged them that they should tell no one what they saw, until the Son of Man should arise from the dead.

And He said to them, "Elijah, indeed, comes first, and restores all things; and how it has been written concerning the Son of Man, that He should suffer many things, and be set at naught;

and wheresoever it seizes upon him, it tears him, and he foams, and gnashes his teeth, and pines away. And I spake to Thy disciples, that they should cast it out; and they were not able."

And He asked his father, "How long a time is it since this has befallen him?" And he said, "From a child.

Straight-way the father of the child, crying out, said, "I believe; help Thou my unbelief!"

And, going forth thence, they were passing along through Galilee; and He did not wish that any one should know it.

And, taking a little child, He set it in the midst of them; and, holding it in His arms, He said to them,

Verily I say to you, whosoever does not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, will in no wise enter therein."

And He said to them, "What do you wish that I should do for you?"

And many were rebuking him, that he should be silent. But he kept crying much more, "Son of David! have mercy on me!"

And Jesus, answering him, said, "What do you wish that I should do for you?" And the blind man said to Him, "Rabboni, that I may receive my sight."

and He was not permitting that any one should carry a vessel through the temple.

"If we say, 'From Heaven,' He will say, 'Why then did ye not believe him!' But, should we say, 'From men,'"??hey feared the people; for all held John to be a prophet indeed.

"Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If any man's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.'

And brother will deliver up brother to death; and the father, the child; and children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

But woe to those with child and to those giving suck in those days!

for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there should be an uproar of the people."

But Peter said to Him, "If even all should be made to stumble, yet will not I!"

But the high priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release to them Barabbas.

And they crucify Him, and divide His garments, casting lots upon them, what each should take.

And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were far advanced in their days.

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me!

Now the time was completed for Elizabeth, that she should give birth, and she brought forth a son.

And it came to pass, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they were calling him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

and all who heard laid them up in their heart, saying, "What, then, shall this child be!" For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.

"And you also, child, shall be called 'Prophet of the Most High;' for you shall go before the face of the Lord, to prepare His ways;

And the child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Now it came to pass, in those days, that there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the inhabited earth should be enrolled.

to enrol himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.

And, having seen Him, they made known concerning the saying spoken to them about this Child.

But they were filled with madness, and were conferring one with another as to what they should do to Jesus.

"And as ye wish that men should do to you, do ye also to them in like manner.

And they, coming to Jesus, were earnestly beseeching Him, saying, "He is worthy for whom Thou shalt do this;

And those by the wayside are those who heard; then the Devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart; lest, having believed, they should be saved.

And her spirit returned to her, and she rose up instantly; and He commanded that something should be given to her to eat.

But He said to them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; unless we, going, should buy food for all this people." (For they were about five thousand men).

And there entered a reasoning among them, as to which of them should be greatest.

Now Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their heart, taking a child, placed it by Himself,

and said to them, "Whosoever shall receive this child in My name, receives Me; and whosoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for he that is least among you all, the same is great."

but I will show you Whom ye should fear; fear Him Who, after killing, has authority to cast into Hell; yea, I say to you, fear Him.