THE book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

But while he was thinking of these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take home Mary your wife; for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

And she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus; for he will save his people from their sins.

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and his name shall be called Immanuel, which, when translated, is, God with us.

and knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son. And he called his name Jesus.

saying: Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage.

When they had heard the king, they departed; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over the place where the young child was.

and was there till the death of Herod; that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through his prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my Son.

And lo, a voice from heaven, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

And the tempter came to him and said: If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

and said to him: If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written: He will give his angels charge concerning you; and in their hands shall they take you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.

And going on thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

that you may be the sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun to rise upon the evil and the good, and causes it to rain on the just and on the unjust.

Beware of doing your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.

What man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have roosts; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

And behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God? Hast thou come hither to torment us before the time?

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

And the demons besought him, saying: If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.

And he said to them: Go. And when they had come out, they went away into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine rushed down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the palsied man: Son, be of good courage; your sins are forgiven you.

But that you may know that the Son of man on earth has authority to forgive sins (then he said to the palsied man): Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.

And as Jesus was departing thence, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying: Son of David, have mercy on us.

And after the demon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. And the multitudes were astonished, and said: Never was it seen thus in Israel.

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphseus, and Lebbceus, who was surnamed Thaddaeus;

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another: for verily I say to you, You will not have made the circuit of the cities of Israel before the Son of man shall come.

He that loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me:

The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say: Behold, a glutton, and a drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and sinners. Yet wisdom is vindicated by her children.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son, but the Father; nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

And all the people were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David?

Therefore I say to you, That every sin and impious speech shad be forgiven men: but the impious speech against the Spirit shall not be forgiven men.

And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be for given him, either in the present age, or in that which is to come.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered and said: Teacher,- we wish to see a sign from you.

But he answered and said to them: A wicked and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

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

But when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the way side.

He answered and said to them: He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;

The Son of man will send forth his angels, and collect out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who work iniquity,

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear,- let him hear.

Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas?

And they that were in the ship came and worshiped him, saying: Truly, thou art the Son of God.

And behold, a woman of Chanaan came out from those borders, and cried to him, saying: Have mercy on me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to tempt him, and asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks for a sign: and no sign shall be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. And he left them and departed.

When Jesus came into the regions of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying: Who do men say that I, the Son of man, am?

Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

And Jesus answered and said to him: Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah; for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he will reward every one according to his deeds.

Verily I say to you, There are some standing here that shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

and he was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his clothing was white as the light.

While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and lo, a voice from the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight; hear him.

And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no one, till the Son of man has risen from the dead.

But I say to you, That Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him what they wished; so also shall the Son of man suffer at their hands.

and said: Lord, have mercy on my son; for ho is a lunatic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.

And as they were making their journey in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men;

For the Son of man has come to save that which is lost.

And if your brother sin against you, go and tell him of his fault between you and him alone; if he hear you, you have gained your brother.

Then Peter came to him, and said: Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times?

Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, That, in the restoration, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you also who have followed me shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Be hold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

even as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And behold, two blind men, sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying: Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David.

And the multitude charged them to be silent. But they cried the more, saying: Have mercy on us, Lord, son of David.

Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king comes to you, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, their anger was aroused,

And when the disciples saw it, they were astonished, and said: How soon has the fig-tree withered!

But what think you? A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not. But the publicans and the harlots believed him. And you, when you had seen it, after ward felt no regret, that you might believe him.

But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and seize upon the inheritance.

The kingdom of heaven is like a king that made a marriage feast for his son;

saying: What think you of the Christ? whose son is he? They said to him: The son of David.

If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?

And they do all their works for the purpose of being seen by men. They make their amulets broad, and enlarge the fringes of their mantles.

that upon you may come all the righteous blood which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just to the blood of Zachariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.

And as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, and said: Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the age?

For as the lightning comes out from the east, and shines even to the west, so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.

Immediately after the affliction of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the hosts of the heavens shall be shaken.

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the land mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Learn now a parable from the fig-tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

But as the days of Noah were, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

and knew not, till the flood came and took them all away: so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

For this reason, be you also ready; for at an hour in which you think not, the Son of man comes.

When the Son of man shall come in his own glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his own glory;

You know that after two days the passover is kept, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.

The Son of man goes, as it is written of him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up! It would have been good for that man, if he had not been born.

Then he came to his disciples, and said to them: Bleep what time is left, and take your rest; behold, the hour draws near, and the Son of man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

He that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying: The one that I shall kiss is he; hold him fast.

But Jesus remained silent. And the chief priest answered and said to him: I adjure you, by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God?

Jesus said to him: You have said. Moreover, I say to you, Hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty, and coming upon the clouds of heaven.

and saying: You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself; if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he delights in him; for he said: I am the Son of God.

Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and what was done, were greatly afraid, and said: Of a truth, this was the Son of God.

His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment was white as snow.