The birth-roll of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

but after he had planned this, there appeared an angel of the Lord to him in a dream saying, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her comes from the holy Spirit.

She will bear a son, and you will call him 'Jesus,' for he will save his people from their sins."

The maiden will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel (which may be translated, God is with us).

but he did not live with her as a husband till she bore a son, whom he called Jesus.

The magicians listened to the king and then went their way. And the star they had seen rise went in front of them till it stopped over the place where the child was.

where he stayed until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had said by the prophet: I called my Son from Egypt.

In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea,

Then Jesus came on the scene from Galilee, to get baptized by John at the Jordan.

And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight."

So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

Then going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedaeus and his brother John, mending their nets in the boat beside their father Zebedaeus. He called them,

whoever maligns his brother must come before the San hedrin, whoever curses his brother must go to the fire of Gehenna.' But I tell you, whoever is angry with his brother [without cause] will be sentenced by God.

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven: he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

Also, when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street-corners, so as to be seen by men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

so that your fast may be seen not by men but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

Do not give dogs what is sacred and do not throw pearls before swine, in case they trample them under foot and turn to gore you.

Why, which of you, when asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone?

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."

They shrieked, "Son of God, what business have you with us? Have you come here to torture us before it is time?"

Now, some distance away, there was a large drove of swine grazing;

so the daemons begged him saying, "If you are going to cast us out, send us into that drove of swine."

He said to them, "Begone!" So out they came and went to the swine, and the entire drove rushed down the steep slope into the sea and perished in the water.

There a paralytic was brought to him, lying on a pallet; and when Jesus saw the faith of the bearers he said to the paralytic, "Courage, my son! your sins are forgiven."

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he then said to the paralytic, "Get up, lift your pallet, and go home."

As Jesus passed along from there, he was followed by two blind men who shrieked, "Son of David, have pity on us!"

and when the daemon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. Then the crowd marvelled; they said, "Such a thing has never been seen in Israel!"

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedaeus and John his brother,

Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the taxgatherer, James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus whose surname is Thaddaeus,

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; truly I tell you, you will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of man arrives.

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

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father ??nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath."

And all the crowds were amazed; they said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

I tell you therefore, men will be forgiven any sin and blasphemy, but they will not be forgiven for blaspheming the Spirit.

Whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher, we would like to have some Sign from you."

He replied to them, "It is an evil and disloyal generation that craves a Sign, but no Sign will be given to it except the Sign of the prophet Jonah;

for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

but when the sun rose they got scorched and withered away because they had no root.

I tell you truly, many prophets and good men have longed to see what you see, but they have not seen it; and to hear what you hear, but they have not heard it.

When anyone hears the word of the Realm and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; that is the man who is sown 'on the road.'

As for him who is sown 'on stony soil,' that is the man who hears the word and accepts it at once with enthusiasm;

As for him who is sown 'among thorns,' that is the man who listens to the word, but the worry of the world and the delight of being rich choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

As for him who is sown 'on good soil,' that is the man who hears the word and understands it; he bears fruit, producing now a hundredfold, now sixty, and now thirtyfold."

So he replied, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of man;

the Son of man will despatch his angels, and they will gather out of his Realm all who are hindrances and who practise iniquity,

Then the just will shine like the sun in the Realm of their Father. He who has an ear, let him listen to this.

Is this not the son of the joiner? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

and the men in the boat worshipped him, saying, "You are certainly God's Son."

And a woman of Canaan came out of these parts and wailed, "Have pity on me, Lord, O Son of David! My daughter is cruelly possessed by a daemon."

Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up and, in order to tempt him, asked him to show them a Sign from heaven.

"It is an evil and disloyal generation that craves a Sign, and no Sign shall be given to it except the Sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

Now when Jesus came to the district of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of man is?"

So Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

For the Son of man is coming in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward everyone for what he has done.

I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Son of man coming himself to reign."

in their presence he was transfigured, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes turned white as light.

He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight: listen to him."

As they went down the hill Jesus ordered them, "Tell this vision to nobody until the Son of man is raised from the dead."

Nay, I tell you Elijah has already come, but they have not recognized him ??they have worked their will on him. And the Son of man will suffer at their hands in the same way."

"Ah, sir," he said, "have pity on my son; he is an epileptic and he suffers cruelly, he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

When his adherents mustered in Galilee Jesus told them, "The Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men;

Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often is my brother to sin against me and be forgiven? Up to seven times?"

Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel.

"We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and scribes; they will sentence him to death

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

and when two blind men who were sitting beside the road heard Jesus was passing, they shouted, "O Lord, Son of David, have pity on us!"

The crowd checked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, "O Lord, Son of David, have pity on us!"

Tell the daughter of Sion, 'Here is your king coming to you, He is gentle and mounted on an ass, And on a colt the foal of a beast of burden.'

And the crowds who went in front of him and who followed behind shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name! Hosanna in high heaven!"

But when the high priests and scribes saw his wonderful deeds and saw the children who shouted in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant;

Tell me what you think. A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard to-day';

Afterwards he sent them his son; 'They will respect my son,' he said.

But when the vinedressers saw his son they said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him and seize his inheritance!'

"The Realm of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who gave a marriage-banquet in honour of his son.

"Tell me," he said, "what you think about the Christ. Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's."

If David calls him Lord, how can he be his son?"

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when you succeed you make him a son of Gehenna twice as bad as yourselves.

it is that on you may fall the punishment for all the just blood shed on earth from the blood of Abel the just down to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?"

For like lightning that shoots from east to west, so will be the arrival of the Son of man.

Immediately after the misery of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not yield her light, the stars will drop from heaven and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken.

Then the Sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then all tribes on earth will wail, they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand;

As were the days of Noah, so will the arrival of the Son of man be.

and as they knew nothing till the deluge came and swept them all away; so will the arrival of the Son of man be.

So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory,

"You know the passover is to be held two days after this; and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified."

The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

Then he went to the disciples and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? The hour is near, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Jesus said nothing. Then the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

and calling, "You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! Save yourself, if you are God's Son! Come down from the cross!"

His trust is in God? Let God deliver him now if he cares for him! He said he was the Son of God!"

Now when the army-captain and his men who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were dreadfully afraid; they said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"

His appearance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow.