having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

'Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, 'Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

'And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

'And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;

Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;

And Jesus said to him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding --

'Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

'Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,

'And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

thus therefore pray ye: 'Our Father who art in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

Then Jesus was led up to the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the Devil,

'Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide is the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;

for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem,

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

'But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.

'Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.'

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days -- till the full end of the age.'

Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him,

'None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

and Judah begat Pharez and Zarah of Tamar, and Pharez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram,

Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who is in the heavens;

but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

'All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

for where there are two or three gathered together -- to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

But he answering said, 'It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted 'With us he is God.'

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance,

and Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.

And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,

'Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

'Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did it.

'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

Happy the peacemakers -- because they shall be called Sons of God.

And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

'Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;

Then Peter having come near to him, said, 'Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him -- till seven times?'

And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat, this is my body;'

Then said Jesus to his disciples, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

And Jesus, having come to the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking his disciples, saying, 'Who do men say me to be -- the Son of Man?'

'Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;

'And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

And the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mount where Jesus appointed them,

'I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known -- not even the messengers of the heavens -- except my Father only;

'Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

'Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

'Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe)

'And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness -- because they shall be filled.

And lo, one having come near, said to him, 'Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?'

'Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;

and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

and Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brethren, at the Babylonian removal.

Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.

For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who is in the heavens;

'Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

'And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;

And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before him to the other side, till he might let away the multitudes;

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Happy the clean in heart -- because they shall see God.

for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

At that time Jesus answering said, 'I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

and Asa begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Uzziah,

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

And Jesus said to them, 'Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

And he answering said to them, 'Did ye not read, that He who made them, from the beginning a male and a female made them,

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'

But Jesus said, 'Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

and all -- as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'

Teacher, which is the great command in the Law?'

and Simon Peter answering said, 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'

Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

and if a fish he may ask -- a serpent will he present to him?

and Hezekiah begat Manasseh, and Manasseh begat Amon, and Amon begat Josiah,

Then saith he to the man, 'Stretch forth thy hand,' and he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole as the other.

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves,

And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these be? and what is the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Be coming, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.'

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out -- to remission of sins;

But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, 'With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;

And Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all Jerusalem with him,

'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.

Happy the meek -- because they shall inherit the land.

'Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, 'Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?'

And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

and said, 'Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

'For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work.

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.

Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

and he saith to them, 'Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

'For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten is of the Holy Spirit,

and Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekiah,

The young man saith to him, 'All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?'

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out -- freely ye did receive, freely give.

'If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,

From that time began Jesus to shew to his disciples that it is necessary for him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be put to death, and the third day to rise.

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Take heed that no one may lead you astray,

And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, 'My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'

Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea,

And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people,

then saith he to his disciples, 'The harvest indeed is abundant, but the workmen few;

and I will give to thee the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever thou mayest loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.'

And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

'And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, 'Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people.

and Azor begat Sadok, and Sadok begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud,

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple,

And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,

And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him;

and the second is like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, 'Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat,

'And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.

'Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea -- for they were fishers --

Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples,

Then saith Jesus to him, 'Go -- Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, 'To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,

And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion calling upon him,

And Jesus said, 'Are ye also yet without understanding?

From their fruits ye shall know them; do men gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?

And evening having come, they brought to him many demoniacs, and he did cast out the spirits with a word, and did heal all who were ill,

and as the days of Noah -- so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

'And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!

And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

And Jesus having come forth thence, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon,

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things?

for as the lightning doth come forth from the east, and doth appear unto the west, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

Ye may not give that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned -- may rend you.

and Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob,

And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day is the evil of it.

Then come with them doth Jesus to a place called Gethsemane, and he saith to the disciples, 'Sit ye here, till having gone away, I shall pray yonder.'

Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,

watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

they say to him, 'Caesar's;' then saith he to them, 'Render therefore the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

'Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.

And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

'And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves,

'And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

He saith to them, 'And ye -- who do ye say me to be?'

but I -- I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

'And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, 'Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'

Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

Beware! -- ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

'And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

and saying, 'Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass.

Jesus said to him, 'If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all these to come to pass, but the end is not yet.

And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory -- to the ages. Amen.

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

And he said to him, 'Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One -- God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'

'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,

And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that is in thine own eye dost not consider?

And Jesus answering said to him, 'Happy art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

'For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands -- the least -- and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

'But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

'Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

'And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force,

And Jesus said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

'Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

how strait is the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!

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

And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus,

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.

All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him.

'He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'Himself took our infirmities, and the sicknesses he did bear.'

Then saith Jesus to him, 'Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

'Our appointed bread give us to-day.

Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,

is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

'If therefore they may say to you, Lo, in the wilderness he is, ye may not go forth; lo, in the inner chambers, ye may not believe;

Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,

Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren,

Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.

he is not here, for he rose, as he said; come, see the place where the Lord was lying;

and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent,

'And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'

'The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,

'He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.

and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.'

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;

Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, 'Teacher, we will to see a sign from thee.'

And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples,

and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.

do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?

And on the first day of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, 'Where wilt thou that we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?'

and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him,

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that 'My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.'

but if ye may not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

'And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive it -- let him receive.'

and ye may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour.

And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

and he said to her, 'What wilt thou?' She saith to him, 'Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan,

and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, 'The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'

And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way,

and Jesus having called them near, said, 'Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them,

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

and Jesus said to his disciples, 'Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;

saying, 'Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'

And Peter answering him said, 'Sir, if it is thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters;'

for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy,

And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put forth, ye know that summer is nigh,

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;

Then Judas -- he who delivered him up -- having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying,

then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;

for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

'For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places;

And ye -- ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director -- the Christ, and all ye are brethren;

This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;

but treasure up to yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth disfigure, and where thieves do not break through nor steal,

And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him,

let them alone, guides they are -- blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.

and he having turned, said to Peter, 'Get thee behind me, adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.'

and Jesus having known, withdrew thence, and there followed him great multitudes, and he healed them all,

and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;

'Teacher, Moses said, If any one may die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up seed to his brother.

for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.

and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.

And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife,

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

Then did he charge his disciples that they may say to no one that he is Jesus the Christ.

Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said, 'Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?'

And Jesus said to them, 'They have no need to go away -- give ye them to eat.'

And coming to the house salute it,

and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,

and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and was ministering to them.

and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,

it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

and if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come;

and saith to him, 'All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'

And Jesus said to the centurion, 'Go, and as thou didst believe let it be to thee;' and his young man was healed in that hour.

he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

And Jesus answering said, 'Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?' They say to him, 'We are able.'

and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

Then doth the Devil leave him, and lo, messengers came and were ministering to him.

And they said to him, 'In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

'Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents,

'Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?

and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.

he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.

'And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,

and having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, 'Hail, the king of the Jews.'

And the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions;

that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not -- the skins burst, and the wine doth run out, and the skins are destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.'

Jesus saith to him, 'I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

And Jesus said to them, 'Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast.

and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,

'Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that is in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

'But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,

'And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;

and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.

And he saith to them, 'Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.'

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, 'So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me!

'And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'

and in his name shall nations hope.'

and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him.

And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, 'Be kind to thyself, sir; this shall not be to thee;'

'And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,

these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'

Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire:

Then Herod, privately having called the mages, did inquire exactly from them the time of the appearing star,

for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, 'Having gone -- inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.'

and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.

And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,

for she said within herself, 'If only I may touch his garment, I shall be saved.'

And they, having heard the king, departed, and lo, the star, that they did see in the east, did go before them, till, having come, it stood over where the child was.

and when they had mocked him, they took off from him the cloak, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.

but John was forbidding him, saying, 'I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'

the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

in like manner also the second, and the third, unto the seventh,

And Jesus answering said to them, 'I will ask you -- I also -- one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things;

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

and those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and children.

And they say to him, 'We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.'

'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head;

And he said, 'Bring ye them to me hither.'

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'

leave there thy gift before the altar, and go -- first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.

and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then doth his kingdom stand?