Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, 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 they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:

And they having heard the king went their way; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them until it came and stood over the place where the little child was.

And when they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

And having come into the house they saw the little child with Mary his mother, and falling down did him homage. And having opened their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to thee the little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it.

A voice has been heard in Rama, weeping, and great lamentation: Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Arise, take to thee the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.

and says to him, If thou be Son of God cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee, and on their hands shall they bear thee, lest in anywise thou strike thy foot against a stone.

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;

And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him.

and they, having left the ship and their father, immediately followed him.

And his fame went out into the whole of Syria, and they brought to him all that were ill, suffering under various diseases and pains, and those possessed by demons, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

Blessed they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Blessed the merciful, for they shall find mercy.

Blessed the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Blessed the peace-makers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.

Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in the heavens; for thus have they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are ye not much more excellent than they?

And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning round rend you.

Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.

For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.

And when the evening was come, they brought to him many possessed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were ill;

And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Son of God? hast thou come here before the time to torment us?

And he said to them, Go. And they, going out, departed into the herd of swine; and lo, the whole herd of swine rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the waters.

But they that fed them fled, and went away into the city and related everything, and what had happened as to those possessed by demons.

And behold, the whole city went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to go away out of their coasts.

And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, laid upon a bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Be of good courage, child; thy sins are forgiven.

But Jesus hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Nor do men put new wine into old skins, otherwise the skins burst and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.

he said, Withdraw, for the damsel is not dead, but sleeps. And they derided him.

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

But they, when they were gone out, spread his name abroad in all that land.

But as these were going out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed by a demon.

But when he saw the crowds he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and cast away as sheep not having a shepherd.

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, so that they should cast them out, and heal every disease and every bodily weakness.

But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;

But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the other; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of man be come.

It is sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

and they of his household shall be a man's enemies.

But as they went away, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed moved about by the wind?

For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man that is eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: and wisdom has been justified by her children.

Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.

Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you, had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented in sackcloth and ashes.

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

And behold, there was a man having his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

and charged them strictly that they should not make him publicly known:

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast them out? For this reason they shall be your judges.

But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:

Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.

and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of the ground because of not having any depth of earth,

but when the sun rose they were burned up, and because of not having any root were dried up;

For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;

The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all offences, and those that practise lawlessness;

and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

which, when it has been filled, having drawn up on the shore and sat down, they gathered the good into vessels and cast the worthless out.

Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yea, Lord.

And having come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence has this man this wisdom and these works of power?

And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this man all these things?

And they were offended in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, unless in his country and in his house.

And while desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

But when even was come, his disciples came to him saying, The place is desert, and much of the day time already gone by; dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.

But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give ye them to eat.

But they say to him, We have not here save five loaves and two fishes.

And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was over and above of fragments twelve hand-baskets full.

And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition. And they cried out through fear.

And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind fell.

And having crossed over they came to the land of Gennesaret.

And when the men of that place recognised him, they sent to that whole country around, and they brought to him all that were ill,

and besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment; and as many as touched were made thoroughly well.

Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

but in vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings commandments of men.

Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:

so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

But Jesus, having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? But they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.

And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;

but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, Because we have taken no bread.