and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon,

and after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel,

Now the generation of Jesus Christ was attended with these circumstances: His mother Mary being betrothed to Joseph, before they cohabited together, she was found with child from the Holy Spirit.

"A virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel," which is being interpreted, God with us.

Then they answered him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet,

So having heard the king, they went on; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the East, had gone before them, till it came and stood over the place where the infant was.

And when they saw the star, they were exceedingly transported with joy.

And coming into the house, they found the infant with Mary his mother, and falling prostrate, they paid their homage to him. And opening their treasures, they made their offerings to him, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

And having received warning in a dream not to go back to Herod, they departed into their own country by another road.

Now when they were gone, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the infant and his mother by night, and flee into Egypt, and stay there, till I speak to thee, for Herod will search for the infant to destroy it.

"A cry was heard at Ramah, lamentation, and wailing, and bitter moaning, Rachel weeping for her children, and will not be comforted, because they are no more."

saying, Arise, and take the little boy and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the infant are dead.

and saith to him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, "that he shall give his angels a charge concerning thee: and in their hands shall they hold thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone."

And as Jesus was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Then immediately quitting their nets they followed him.

Then they instantly quitting the ship and their father, followed him.

And there went out a report of him into all Syria: and they brought unto him all who had illness, the afflicted with various diseases and painful complaints, and the demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be fed to the full.

Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake: for their's is the kingdom in heaven.

Blessed are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and lying, speak every thing evil against you for my sake.

Rejoice and exult; for plenteous is your reward in the heavens: for just so they persecuted the prophets who went before you.

Just so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

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

And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, to pray, that they may make a shew to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward.

And when thou art at prayer, use not vain repetitions, like the heathen: for they imagine that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, affecting a gloomy look: for they disfigure their visages, that they may make a shew of fasting to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward.

Look on the birds of the air: for they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not of more value than they?

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Contemplate the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin:

Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor cast pearls before swine; lest they tread them under foot, and turning round tear you.

Enter in through the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and spacious the road, which leadeth to perdition, and they are many who enter that way:

because strait is the gate, and narrow the road, which leadeth to life, and they are but a few who find it.

Take heed then of false prophets, who come to you in the garb of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

and the rain descended, and the rivers rushed, and the winds blew, and they beat against that house, and it fell not; for it was founded on a rock.

And when evening was come, they brought him many possessed by devils: and he cast out the spirits by a word, and all who had illnesses he cured:

And lo! they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither before the time to torment us?

And he said to them, Go. Then they going forth out [of him], entered into the herd of swine: and lo! the whole herd of the swine rushed down a precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters.

But they who fed them fled, and going away into the city, reported all things, and what had happened to the demoniacs.

And, behold, all the city came out to meet him: and when they saw him, they besought him to depart from their territories.

And lo! they brought him a paralytic stretched on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Be of good cheer, son; thy sins are forgiven thee.

But when the multitude saw it, they were astonished, and glorified God, who had given such power unto men.

But Jesus hearing it, said unto them, They who are in the vigour of health have no need of the physician, but they who have illness.

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber weep, whilst the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.

Nor do they put new wine into old bottles: but if they do, the bottles burst, and the wine is spilt, and the bottles are destroyed: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

he saith to them, Retire; for the little girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they derided him.

So when he came into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yes, Lord.

But they going forth, blazoned his fame through all that country.

And when they were coming out, behold, they brought unto him a man, dumb, a demoniac.

And beholding the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were fainting, and lying here and there, as sheep that had no shepherd.

But be on your guard against men: for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrim, and scourge you in their synagogues.

But when they shall deliver you up, be under no anxiety what ye shall say; for it shall be given you in that very hour what ye should speak:

But when they shall persecute you in one city, flee unto another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not complete your circuit through the cities of Israel before the Son of man comes.

It is sufficient if the disciple be as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the family Beelzebub, how much more his domestics?

And when they were gone, Jesus began to speak to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in delicate garments? Lo! they who wear delicate garments are in the houses of kings.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil:

the Son of man is come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, what a man! a glutton and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners: though wisdom hath been justified by her children.

Then began he to upbraid the cities in which the chief of his miracles had been wrought, because they repented not:

Wo unto thee, Chorazin! wo unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles which had been wrought in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, long since would they have repented in sack-cloth and ashes.

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, thy disciples do a thing that it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

And he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they who were with him?

how they went into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of shew-bread, of which it was not lawful for him or those who were with him to eat, but for the priests alone?

and, behold a man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

Then the Pharisees went out, and held a consultation against him, how they might make away with him.

and charged them that they should not make him known.

And all the multitudes were lost in amazement, and they said, Is not this the son of David?

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

But I tell you, That every idle word which men speak, for it shall they give an account in the day of judgment.

The men of Nineveh shall rise up in judgment against this generation, and condemn it: for they repented on the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.

And when his disciples came, they said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

Therefore I speak to them in parables: that seeing, they may not see; and hearing, they may not hear nor understand.

for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with the eves, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

which, when it was full, they drew to the beach, and sitting down, selected the good into baskets, but cast those of a bad kind away.

They say unto him, Yes, Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a man, the master of a family, who bringeth out of his storehouse things new and old.

And coming into his own country, taught them in their synagogues, so that they were exceedingly struck, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these miracles?

and his sisters, are they not all among us? whence then hath he all these things?

And they were offended at him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not disrespected, except in his own country, and in his own family.

And though he wished to kill him, he was afraid of the multitude, for they held him as a prophet.

And his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and they came and told Jesus.

And when Jesus heard it, he withdrew from thence in a vessel into a desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

But when evening was come, his disciples came unto him, saying, The place is desert, and the day is far advanced; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves provisions.

But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart: give ye them to eat.

And they said unto him, We have nothing here except five loaves and two fishes.

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up the superabundance of the fragments, twelve baskets full.

And they who had eaten, were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were greatly agitated, saying, It is his apparition. And they cried out with terror.

And when they came aboard the vessel, the wind ceased.

And they who were in the vessel, came and worshipped him, saying, Truly thou art the Son of God.

And passing over, they came to the land of Gennesareth.

And when the men of that place knew him, they sent into all that neighbourhood, and brought to him all that had illnesses:

and they besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment: and as many as touched it were cured.

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread?

But in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines the commandments of men.

Leave them to themselves: they are blind leaders of the blind. But if the blind lead the blind, they will both fall into the pit.

But the things which go forth out of the mouth, come out of the heart, and they are the things which defile a man: