And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;

For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.

Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.

And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain.

Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.

Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.

Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;

If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.

In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.

And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.

So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.

And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.