The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

And Jacob, of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. After his mother, Mary, had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her is by the Holy Spirit; and she will bear a son, and you are to call him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

but did not live with her until after the birth of her son, whom he called Jesus.

After the birth of Jesus, which took place at Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod, lo! certain Magi arrived in Jerusalem, saying.

At that very time Jesus was on his way from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

But Jesus answered, "Permit it now, for so it is fitting for us to fulfill every religious duty."

Then he consented. And after Jesus was baptized, as soon as he rose out of the water, lo! the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon him,

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

Jesus answered him, "It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."

"It is written again," answered Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

Then the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and showed all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them,

"Begone, Satan!" answered Jesus, for it is written, "Thou must worship the Lord thy God, and Him only must thou serve."

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near."

"Come, follow me," said Jesus, "And I will make you fishers of men."

Then Jesus went about through Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

Now when Jesus had finished his discourse, the crowds were astounded at his teaching,

Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him "I do choose," he said, "become clean," and immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.

Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, as an evidence to them."

"I will come and heal him," said Jesus.

As Jesus listened to this reply he was astonished, and said to those who followed him. "In solemn truth I tell you that I have found faith like this in any Israelite.

Then Jesus said to the captain. "Go! As you have believed, so be it unto you." And his slave was healed in that very hour.

When Jesus came into Peter's house, he found his wife's mother prostrated with fever.

When Jesus saw the great crowds about him, he had given directions to cross to the other side,

"Foxes have their holes," answered Jesus, "and wild birds their roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head."

"Follow me," Jesus said to him, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

At once all the citizens came out to meet Jesus; and when they had seen him, they begged him to move away from their country.

And here they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, "Courage, son, your sins are forgiven."

And because Jesus knew well their thought, he said:

As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."

And he rose and followed him. And while he was at table in Matthew's house, there came many tax-gatherers and sinners, and they dined with Jesus and his disciples.

"It is not those who are well," said Jesus, when he heard this, "but the sick, who need a doctor.

"Can the friends fast at a wedding-feast," said Jesus, "so long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom has been taken from them, and then they will fast.

And Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples.

But Jesus turned and saw her and said, "Be of good courage, daughter, your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that hour.

Now when Jesus had come into the house of the ruler, and had seen the flute-players and the wailing crowd, he said,

And as he went on from thence two blind men followed Jesus, crying, "Have pity on us, Son of David!"

And when he had gone indoors, they came to him. "Do you believe that I can do this?" asked Jesus. "Yes, Lord," they answered.

Jesus charged them sternly, saying, "See to it that you let no one know."

And Jesus continued to go throughout all the cities and towns, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and infirmity.

These men, the Twelve, Jesus sent forth, after giving them the following instructions. "Do not go among the Gentiles, or enter any Samaritan town,

After finishing his instructions to his twelve disciples, Jesus left that place, in order to teach and to preach in the neighboring cities.

"Go and tell John," was Jesus' answer, "what you hear and see;

As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.

At that time Jesus answered and said: "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and wary, and hast revealed them to the children.

At that time Jesus walked through the wheat fields one Sabbath Day; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck some ears of wheat and to eat them.

"Have you not read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he was hungry, and his men, too?

So when Jesus knew it, he withdrew from that place, and numbers of people followed him.

Because Jesus knew what was in their minds, he said to them. "Any kingdom divided against itself will become desolate; and any city or household divided against himself will not stand.

In reply Jesus told them. "An evil and faithless generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given them except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

On that same day, after Jesus had left the house, he took his seat on the seashore;

"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.

Jesus told all this to the crowd in parables; indeed he never spoke to them except in parables,

After Jesus had finished these parables, he withdrew from that place,

This kept them from believing in him. Wherefore Jesus said, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and among his own family."

Just then Herod, the Tetrarch, heard of Jesus' fame, and said to his courtiers.

Then John's disciples went and removed his body, and came and told Jesus.

When Jesus heard it he went away privately by boat to a lonely spot; but the crowds heard about it, and followed him on foot from the cities.

"They need not go away," said Jesus, "do you, yourselves, give them something to eat."

"Bring them here to me," said Jesus.

But at once Jesus spoke to them, "Courage," he said, "it is I. Fear not."

"Come," said Jesus. Then Peter got down from the boat and walked on the water to go to Jesus.

At once Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, saying to him. "O little faith! What made you doubt?"

Then some Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

Then Jesus called the people to him and said:

Then Peter said to Jesus, "Explain the parable to us."

Jesus then left that place, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

Then Jesus answered her. "O woman, great is your faith. It shall be for you even as you desire." And from that hour her daughter was healed.

On leaving that place Jesus went along the shore of the Sea of Galilee; and after climbing a hill, took his seat there.

But Jesus called his disciples to him and said: "My heart yearns over the crowd, for they have been with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat. I am not willing to send them away hungry, for fear they faint on the road."

"How many loaves have you?" answered Jesus. They replied, "Seven, and a few small fish.

Presently Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees."

When Jesus knew it he said: "Weaklings in faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves, because you have no bread?

When Jesus came into the neighborhood of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of man is?"

"Blessed are you, Simon, Son of Jonah," said Jesus; "for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven!

After this Jesus the Christ began to show his disciples how he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things at the hands of the elders and chief priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised again.

Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John, and led them up a high mountain, by themselves apart.

And behold! Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Jesus.

Then Peter said to Jesus. "Master, it is good that we are here! If you are willing I will make here three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

But Jesus came to them and touched them, saying, "Rise, have no fear!"

And when they raised their eyes they saw no one save Jesus only.

While they were going down from the mountain, Jesus laid a command on them. "Speak to no man about the vision," he said, "until after the Son of man has been raised from the dead."

As they reached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, and fell on his knees before him, saying.

In reply Jesus said: "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I endure you? Bring him here to me!"

Then Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, and it came out of him; and the boy was cured from that very hour.

Thereupon Jesus' disciples came to him and asked him privately, "Why were we not able to cast it out?"

As they continued going from place to place in Galilee, Jesus said to them. "The Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men;

"Indeed he does," answered Peter. But on Peter's entering the house, Jesus forestalled him, saying. "How does it seem to you, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect customs or taxes??rom their own people, or from aliens?"

And when he replied, "From aliens," Jesus said: "Then their people go free.

At that hour his disciples came to Jesus and asked him, "Who is really greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

When he had called a little child to him, Jesus set him among them, and answered.

"I do not tell you 'till seven times,'" answered Jesus, "but till seventy times seven.

It came about after Jesus had finished these teachings, that he removed from Galilee, and went to that part of Judea which lay across the Jordan.

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

Then young children were brought to him, that he might lay his hands on them and pray. His disciples interfered, but Jesus said to them.

"Why do you ask me about what is good?" asked Jesus. "There is but One who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

"Which commandments?" asked the man. Jesus replied. "Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness;