AN account of the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

But while he was thinking of these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit,

and she shall bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.

Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel; which is interpreted, God is with us.

and knew her not till she bore a son, and he called his name Jesus.

Where is the king of the Jews born? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him.

and was there till the death of Herod; that the word might be fulfilled, which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying; Out of Egypt have I called my son.

And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.

and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.

the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shade of death has light arisen.

And going forward thence, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and rains on the just and unjust.

But take heed not to perform your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise indeed, you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and at the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward.

Give not a holy thing to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and turn and rend you.

Or is there any man of you, who, if his son asks bread of him, will give him a stone?

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have places of shelter, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

And behold they cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come hither before the time to torment us?

And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

And, the demons besought him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.

And he said to them, Go. And going out, they went away into the herd of swine, and, behold, the whole herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, and died in the waters;

and behold they brought him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Son, be of good courage; your sins are forgiven.

But that you may know that the Son of man has power on the earth to forgive sins, then he said to the paralytic, Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.

And as Jesus was departing thence two blind men followed him, crying and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David!

And the demon being cast out, the dumb spoke; and the multitudes wondered, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

And the names of the twelve apostles are these; First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James, the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, called Thaddeus;

And a brother shall deliver a brother to death, and a father a son; and children shall rise up against their parents and put them to death;

And when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For I tell you truly, that you will not finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man shall come.

He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

All things are given me by my Father; and no one knows the Son but the Father; and no one knows the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

for the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

And all the multitudes wondered and said, Is this the Son of David?

Therefore, I tell you, every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven men.

And if one speaks a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but if one speaks against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven him either in this life or in that to come.

Then answered some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.

But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and no sign shall be given it but the sign of the prophet Jonah.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

and when the sun arose it was scorched, and because it had no root it was dried up.

For I tell you truly, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see what you see and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear and have not heard it.

When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and takes away the seed sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the way.

And he answered and said to them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;

The Son of man will send his angels, and they shall collect out of his kingdom all offenses, and all that commit wickedness,

Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.

Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

and those in the ship came and worshipped him; saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

And behold, a woman of Canaan from those regions came out and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is badly affected with a demon.

AND the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to Jesus to try him desired him to show them a sign from heaven.

An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign; and no sign shall be given it except the sign of Jonah. And he left them and departed.

And Jesus coming into the parts of Cesarea Philippi, asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?

And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonas, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven.

For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then shall he render to every one according to his doing.

I tell you truly, that some of those standing here shall not taste death till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments were white as the light.

While he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; hear him.

And when they went down from the mountain Jesus charged them, saying, Tell no man the vision till the Son of man is raised from the dead.

But I tell you Elijah has come already, and they knew him not, but did to him what they pleased. In like manner, also, the Son of man is about to suffer from them.

Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffers greatly. For he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.

And as they were returning in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men,

Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Till seven times?

And Jesus said to them, I tell you truly, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, shall yourselves also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And behold two blind men who sat by the way, hearing that Jesus was passing by cried, saying, Have mercy on us Lord, Son of David!

And the multitude charged them to be still; but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us Lord, Son of David!

Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king comes to you, meek, seated on an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

and the multitudes that went before, and those that followed, cried saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest [heavens]!

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful works which he performed, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! they were displeased,

and the disciples seeing it, wondered and said, How soon is this fig tree withered!

But what do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said, Son, go and work to-day in the vineyard.

And afterwards he sent them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.

The kingdom of heaven is like a man, a king, who made a wedding for his son.

saying, What do you think of the Christ? whose son is he? They said to him, David's.

If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?

And they do all their works to be seen by men. For they make broad their prayer fillets, and enlarge the fringes,

that all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Bararchiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar, may come upon you.

And as he sat on the Mount of Olives the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us when these things shall be; and what shall be the sign of your coming, and of the consummation of the world?

For as the lightning comes forth from the East, and shines even to the West, so shall the coming of the Son of man be.

And immediately after the affliction of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn; and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

So also when you see all these things, know that [the Son of man] is nigh, at the doors.

And as the days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of man be.

and knew not till the flood came and took them all away, so shall the coming of the Son of man be.

Therefore be you also ready, for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes.

But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory,

You know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.

The Son of man goes indeed, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it would be good for him if that man had not been born.

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, Do you sleep still and take your rest? Behold the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

And he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, The one that I shall kiss is he; take him.

But Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering, said to him, I adjure you, by the living God, to tell me if you are the Christ, the Son of God.

Jesus said to him, As you say; but I tell you that hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.

and saying, You that destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

he trusted in God; let him deliver him if he wishes for him; for he said, I am a Son of God.

And the centurion and those with him watching Jesus, seeing the earthquake, and the [other] events which occurred, were greatly afraid, and said, Certainly, this was a Son of God.

And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow;

go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;