Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this manner. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

Then Joseph, on waking up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took to him his wife;

and he knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name Jesus.

Now when Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, lo! there came magians from the East to Jerusalem,

When they had heard the king, they departed. And lo! the star, which they had seen in the East, went before them, till it came and stood over where the child was.

and when they had come into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and did homage to him; and opening their treasures, they presented him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

And when they had gone, lo! an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and remain there until I speak to thee; for Herod will seek the child, to destroy him.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been deceived by the magians, was greatly enraged; and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the magians.

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

And when he had tasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.

Now when Jesus heard that John had been cast into prison, he withdrew into Galilee.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain; and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching.

When he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

And when he had entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,

And when Jesus had come into Peters house, he saw his wifes mother lying sick of a fever.

And when he had gone on board the boat, his disciples followed him.

And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two men possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass by that way.

And the herdsmen fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and what had happened to the men possessed by demons.

And when the multitudes saw it, they were struck with fear, and gave glory to God, who had given such power to men.

And, lo! a woman, who had had an issue of blood for twelve years, came up behind, and touched the fringe of his garment.

But when the crowd had been put out, he went in, and took hold of her hand; and the girl arose.

And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus saith to them, Do ye believe that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yea, Lord.

These twelve Jesus sent forth, when he had charged them, saying, Go not away to gentiles, and enter not any city of the Samaritans;

And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of his charge to his twelve disciples, that he departed thence, to teach and to preach in their cities.

Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And thou, Capernaum! shalt thou be exalted to heaven? Thou shalt be brought down to the underworld; for if the miracles which were done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

But if ye had known what this meaneth, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice," ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

And others fell upon rocky places, where they had not much earth; and they sprung up immediately, because they had no depth of earth.

But when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

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

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these parables, that he departed thence.

For Herod had seized John, and bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philips wife.

And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. And when evening came, he was there alone.

And when they had got into the boat, the wind ceased.

And the disciples having come to the other side, had forgotten to take bread.

And when they had come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

And when they had come to Capernaum, those who received the halfshekel came to Peter, and said, Doth not your teacher pay the halfshekel?

He saith, Yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes? Of their own sons, or of strangers?

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

But as he was unable to pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Then his fellowservants, seeing what was done, were greatly grieved; and went and told their lord all that had been done.

shouldst not thou also have had pity on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had ended these sayings, he removed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judaea, beyond the Jordan.

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

And when they had received it, they murmured against the householder,

And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority?

But what think ye? A man had two sons: he came to the first, and said, Son, go, work today in the vineyard.

For John came to you as a preacher of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; and ye, when ye had seen it, did not afterward repent, that ye might believe him.

and sent forth his servants to call to the feast those who had been invited; and they would not come.

And the king, coming in to view the guests, saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment;

In the resurrection, then, of which of the seven will she be the wife? For they all had her.

And the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, assembled 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 be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

He that had received the five talents went immediately and traded with the same, and gained five talents more.

In like manner, he that had received the two gained two more.

But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid his lords money.

And he that had received the five talents came and brought five talents more, saying, Lord, thou intrustedst to me five talents; see, I have gained five talents more.

He also that had received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou intrustedst to me two talents; see, I have gained two talents more.

Then he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee to be a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter seed;

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, that he said to his disciples,

The Son of man indeed goeth away, as it hath been written concerning him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Well were it for that man if he had not been born.

And his betrayer had given them a sign, saying, Whomever I shall kiss, he is the man; seize him.

And when he had gone out into the porch, another woman saw him, and said to those who were there, This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who had said, Before a cock crows, thou wilt thrice deny me. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

And they had then a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.

And after they had made sport of him, they took off the robe from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.

they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall; and when he had tasted it, he refused to drink.

And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them, casting lots.

And many women were there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, rendering services to him;

and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, went away.

And as they were going, lo! some of the guard came into the city, and told the chief priests all that had taken place.

And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, into the mountain, where Jesus had directed them.

And in the evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all that were sick, and those who were possessed by demons;

And not being able to bring him to him on account of the crowd, they took off the roof where he was; and when they had broken an opening, they let down the bed whereon the palsied man lay.

And he saith to them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, himself and they who were with him?

And the Pharisees went forth, and immediately had a consultation with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

For he had healed many, so that as many as had plagues pressed upon him to touch him.

And others fell on rocky ground, where they had not much earth; and they sprung up immediately, because they had no depth of earth.

But when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

And when he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

who had his dwelling in the tombs; and not even with a chain could any one bind him any longer;

because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been snapped asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces; and no one could master him;

And they that fed them fled, and told the news in the city and in the country. And they came to see what had been done.

And they come to Jesus, and see him who had been possessed by demons, sitting, clothed, and in his right mind,him who had had the legion; and they were afraid.

And when he was going on board the boat, he that had been possessed by the demons besought him that be might be with him.

And he did not permit him, but said to him, Go to thy house to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and that he hath had compassion on thee.

And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him; and all wondered.

And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the ether side, a great multitude gathered about him; and he was by the lake.

And a woman, who had had an issue of blood twelve years,

and had undergone much at the hands of many physicians, and spent all that she had, and was not at all benefited, but rather grew worse,

And Jesus immediately perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, turned round in the crowed, and said, Who touched my garments?

And he looked round to see her who had done this.

But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

For Herod himself had sent forth and seized John, and bound him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philips wife; for he had married her.

For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brothers wife.

And the apostles gather together to Jesus, and told him all which they had done and taught.

And he saith to them, Come ye by yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going; and they had no leisure, even to eat.