And Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon.

And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zerubbabel; And Zerubbabel begat Abiud,

Now the birth of Christ was on this wise: His mother Mary, being espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

saying, Behold the virgin shall be with child, and 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 Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou,

And having heard the king, they departed; and lo the star which they had seen in the East, moved on before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

And seeing the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

And being come into the house, they saw the young child, with Mary his mother; and falling down, they worshiped him. And opening their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

And being warned of God in a dream, not to return to Herod, they went back into their own country another way.

And when they were gone back, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and continue there till I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who sought the young child's life.

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

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

And straitway leaving the nets they followed him.

And leaving the vessel and their father, they immediately followed him.

And his fame went thro' all Syria; and they brought to him all sick people, that were seized with divers diseases and tormenting pains; even demoniacs, and lunaticks, and paralytics; and he healed them.

Happy are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

Happy are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.

Happy are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be satisfied.

Happy are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

Happy are the pure in heart; for they shall see God.

Happy are the peace-makers; for they shall be called the children of God.

Happy are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Rejoice and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

A city that is situated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do they light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

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

And when thou prayest, thou shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may appear to men: verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathens; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast: verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

Behold the birds of the air: they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.

Are ye not much better than they? And which of you by taking thought can add to his age the smallest measure?

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turning, rend you.

But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

When it was evening, they brought to him many demoniacs; 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, Jesus, thou Son of God?

And he said to them, Go. And coming out, they went into the herd of swine, and behold the whole herd rushed down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

But they that kept them fled, and going into the city, told every thing, and what had befallen the demoniacs.

And behold the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing him, they besought him, to depart out of their coasts.

And behold they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a couch; and Jesus seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Son, Take courage: thy sins are forgiven thee.

But Jesus hearing it, said to them, They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

And Jesus said, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bride-groom is with them? But the days will come, when the bride-groom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

Neither do men put new wine into old leather bottles, else the bottles burst, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles are destroyed, but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

Saith to them, Withdraw; for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth: and they derided him.

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

But when they were gone out, they spread his fame in all that country.

As they were going out, behold men brought a dumb demoniac to him.

But seeing the multitudes he was moved with tender compassion for them, because they were faint and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd.

But beware of men; for they will deliver you to the councils, and scourge you in their synagogues.

But when they deliver you, take no thought, how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that very hour what ye shall speak.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another; for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his houshold? Therefore fear them not; for there is nothing covered, that shall not be discovered; nor hid, that shall not be known.

And the foes of a man shall be they of his own houshold.

And as they departed,

But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold they that wear soft clothing, are in king's houses.

And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is entered by force, and they which strive with all their might take it by violence.

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 a glutton and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners; but wisdom is justified by her children.

Then began he to upbraid the cities, wherein most of his mighty works had been done, because they repented not.

Wo to thee, Chorazin, wo to thee, Bethsaida: for if the mighty works which have been done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago 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 they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

Then the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might kill him.

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

But I say to you, That every idle word which men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

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

Then goeth he and taketh with him 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 be also to this wicked generation.

Others fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and they sprung up immediately, because they had not depth of earth.

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they withered away.

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

For the heart of this people is waxed fat, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed: lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted and I should heal them.

But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them that do iniquity.

Which when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sitting down, gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

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

he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, Whence hath HE this wisdom and these mighty works?

And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath HE all these things?

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

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they accounted him a prophet.

And Jesus hearing it, withdrew thence by ship into a desert place apart: but when the people heard thereof, they followed him by land out of the cities.

And in the evening his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past: send the multitude away, that going into the villages, they may buy themselves victuals.

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

They say to him, We have here but five loaves and two fishes.

And they all ate and were satisfied: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

And they that had eaten were about five thousand, beside women and children.

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

And when they were come into the vessel, the wind ceased.

Then they that were in the vessel, came and worshiped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

And having crossed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought to him all that were diseased; And besought him,

that they might touch but the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answering said, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God thro' your tradition?

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

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

But those things which proceed out of the mouth, come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

So that the multitudes wondered, seeing the dumb to speak, the disabled whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

Then Jesus calling his disciples to him said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I am not willing to send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

They said, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass.