Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

and Jessai the father of king David. David was the father of Solomon by Uriah's wife,

After the Babylonian captivity, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

Jacob the father of Joseph, and Joseph (to whom the virgin Mary was betrothed) the father of Jesus, who is called 'Christ.'

The birth of [Jesus] Christ came about thus. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they came together she was discovered to be pregnant by the holy Spirit.

As Joseph her husband was a just man but unwilling to disgrace her, he resolved to divorce her secretly;

Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem, belonging to Judaea, in the days of king Herod, magicians from the East arrived at Jerusalem,

so he gathered all the high priests and scribes of the people and made inquiries of them about where the messiah was to be born.

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.

Then Herod saw the magicians had trifled with him, and he was furiously angry; he sent and slew all the male children in Bethlehem and in all the neighbourhood who were two years old or under, calculating by the time he had ascertained from the magicians.

Then the saying was fulfilled which had been uttered by the prophet Jeremiah:

A cry was heard in Rama, weeping and sore lamentation ??Rachel weeping for her children, and inconsolable because they are no more.

but on hearing that Archelaus reigned over Judaea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there and, by a divine injunction in a dream, withdrew to the region of Galilee.

(This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah: The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him.')

This John had his clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey.

Then Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.

As he was walking along the sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew, casting a net in the sea ??for they were fishermen;

And he was followed by great crowds from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from across the Jordan.

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

and yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his grandeur was never robed like one of them.

The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on rock.

When he came down from the hill, he was followed by large crowds.

so he stretched his hand out and touched him, with the words, "I do choose, be cleansed." And his leprosy was cleansed at once.

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go; as you have had faith, your prayer is granted." And the servant was cured at that very hour.

On entering the house of Peter, Jesus noticed his mother-in-law was down with fever,

Now a heavy storm came on at sea, so that the boat was buried under the waves. He was sleeping.

He said to them, "Why are you afraid? How little you trust God!" Then he got up and checked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

When he reached the opposite side, the country of the Gadarenes, he was met by two demoniacs who ran out of the tombs; they were so violent that nobody could pass along the road there.

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

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."

Jesus was at table indoors, and many taxgatherers and sinners had come to be guests with him and his disciples.

what she said to herself was this, "If I can only touch his robe, I will recover."

Then Jesus turned round, and when he saw her he said, "Courage, my daughter, your faith has made you well." And the woman was well from that hour.

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

As they went out, a dumb man was brought to him, who was possessed by a daemon,

As he saw the crowds he was moved with pity for them; they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.

Now when John heard in prison what the Christ was doing, he sent his disciples

yes, Father, I praise thee that such was thy chosen purpose.

Now a man with a withered hand was there; so in order to get a charge against him they asked him, "Is it right to heal on the sabbath?"

Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it was quite restored, as sound as the other.

charging them strictly not to make him known ??17 it was for the fulfilment of what had been said by the prophet Isaiah,

Then a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the dumb man spoke and saw.

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.

He was still speaking to the crowds when his mother and brothers came and stood outside; they wanted to speak to him.

He told them another parable. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like dough which a woman took and buried in three pecks of flour, till all of it was leavened."

Again, the Realm of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and collected fish of every sort.

When it was full, they dragged it to the beach and sitting down they gathered the good fish into vessels but flung away the bad.

He was anxious to kill him but he was afraid of the people, for they held John to be a prophet.

The king was sorry, but for the sake of his oath and his guests he ordered it to be given her;

his head was brought on a dish and given to the girl, and she took it to her mother.

after he had dismissed the crowds he went up the hill by himself to pray. When evening came he was there alone,

but the boat was now in the middle of the sea, buffeted by the waves (for the wind was against them).

but when he saw the strength of the wind he was afraid and began to sink. "Lord," he shouted, "save me."

"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands when they take their food."

He replied, "It was only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel that I was sent."

At that Jesus replied, "O woman, you have great faith; your prayer is granted as you wish." And from that hour her daughter was cured.

Why do you not see that I was not speaking to you about bread? No, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then they realized that what he told them to beware of was not leaven but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Jesus answered him, "You are a blessed man, Simon Bar-jona, for it was my Father in heaven, not flesh and blood, that revealed this to you.

Then he forbade the disciples to tell anyone he was the Christ.

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."

Then the disciples realized he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

So Jesus checked the daemon and it came out of him, and from that hour the boy was healed.

When he began the settlement, a debtor was brought in who owed him three million pounds;

as he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the sum.

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

Now as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem he took the twelve aside by themselves and said to them as they were on the road,

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!"

When he entered Jerusalem the whole city was in excitement over him. "Who is this?" they said,

When he entered the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you this authority?"

And if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet."

Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a wine-vat inside it, and built a watchtower: then he leased it to vinedressers and went abroad.

When the fruit-season was near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers to collect his fruit;

When the high priests and Pharisees heard these parables they knew he was speaking about them;

The king was enraged; he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

And those servants went out on the roads and gathered all they met, bad and good alike. Thus the marriage-banquet was supplied with guests.

Now when the king came in to view his guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in a wedding-robe.

So he said to him, 'My man, how did you get in here without a wedding-robe?' The man was speech less.

And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,

But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

As the bridegroom was long of coming, they all grew drowsy and went to sleep.

Now while they were away buying oil, the bridegroom arrived; those maidens who were ready accompanied him to the marriage-banquet, and the door was shut.

So I was afraid; I went and hid your two hundred and fifty pounds in the earth. There's your money!'

For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you entertained me,

I was unclothed and you clothed me, I was ill and you looked after me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

For I was hungry but you never fed me, I was thirsty but you never gave me drink,

I was a stranger but you never entertained me, I was unclothed but you never clothed me, I was ill and in prison but you never looked after me.'

Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas

Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.

While he was still speaking, up came Judas, one of the twelve, accompanied by a large mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and the elders of the people.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A maidservant came up and said to him, "You were with Jesus the Galilean too."

When he went out to the gateway another maidservant noticed him and said to those who were there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

Then Judas his betrayer saw he was condemned, and repented; he brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders,

Then the word spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: and I took the thirty silver pieces, the price of him who had been priced, whom they had priced and expelled from the sons of Israel;

But while he was being accused by the high priests and elders, he made no reply.

At festival time the governor was in the habit of releasing any one prisoner whom the crowd chose.

Besides, when he was seated on the tribunal, his wife had sent to tell him, "Do nothing with that innocent man, for I have suffered greatly to-day in a dream about him.")