So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the exile to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

And she will give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

When Josnt woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife,

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,

Then Herod called the wise men secretly and determined from them what time the star had appeared.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was in a furious rage, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all its region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

and do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him.

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

But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"

From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And he called them,

Great crowds followed himfrom Galilee, and from the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will by any means pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.

Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.

"Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.'

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?

And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers!'

When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.

I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them.

As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.

And Jesus said to them, "Can the guests of the bridegroom mourn as long as he is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse.

And behold, a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment.

Jesus turned, and when he saw her he said, "Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that moment.

And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David."

And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father's will.

And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force.

At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to babes.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

And he went on from there, and went into their synagogue.

Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all,

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Then he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.

and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist, he has risen from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him."

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them.

Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus and said,

But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might have received from me is a gift to God'

'These people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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

And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried to him, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed."

"Yes, Lord," she said, "yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

And Jesus went on from there and passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain, and sat down there.

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him!"

And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."

And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured from that moment.

So he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you."

He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from others?"

And when Peter said, "From others," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free.

So also my heavenly Father will do to each of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."

Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

He said to them, "Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it."

And he laid his hands on them and went from there.

And a very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

So the crowds said, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee."

And seeing a fig tree by the road he went to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree withered.

The baptism of Johnwhere was it from? From heaven or from men?" And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet."

"Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.

But they made light of it and went off, one to his own farm, another to his business.

And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did any one dare to ask him any more questions.

Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.

For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Then the King will say to those on his right hand, 'Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

"Then he will say to those on his left hand, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.

Then he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you.

I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, "O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will."

While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.

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

"He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.

And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split;