Solomon, of Rehoboam; Rehoboam, of Abijah; Abijah, of Asa;

Asa, of Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat, of Joram; Joram, of Uzziah;

Now when Joseph awoke from his sleep he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife home,

And they told him. "At Bethlehem in Judea, as it is written in the prophet.

Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and make careful inquiry about the child, and as soon as you have found him bring me word, that I, too, may go and worship him."

As soon as Herod saw that he had been mocked by the Magi, he was furious. He sent and put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and all the neighborhood who were two years old or under, in accordance with the date which he had ascertained from the Magi.

And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'?? tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham.

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,

And as he was walking by the see of Galilee, he saw two brothers??imon who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother??asting their net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

As he went farther on he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.

"So you will become sons of your heavenly Father; for he makes his sun to rise upon sinners as well as saints, and sends rain upon the unjust and the just.

"You then must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

"And whatever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets, in order that men may praise them. In solemn truth I tell you they already have their reward in full.

"While praying do not say the same words over and over again, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that by their much speaking they will gain attention.

"Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

thy kingdom come, and thy will be done, On earth, as in heaven.

And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors;

"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

"If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him?

for he was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes taught them.

As he went down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.

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."

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.

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

"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.

As he was saying these words to them, a ruler came up and knelt before him, saying. "My daughter has just died; but come, put your hand upon her, and she will live."

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

And as they were departing a dumb demoniac was brought to him,

"As you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

"And whoever will not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out from that house or that city, shake off the very dust from your feet.

"Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves.

"And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

But when John heard, in the prison, what the Christ was doing, he sent by some of his disciples to ask him,

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

As he passed along he went into their synagogue, and there he saw a man with a withered hand.

"For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the sea-monster's belly, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.

"Just as the weeds are collected together and burnt with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said: "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food."

But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and as he began to sink, he cried out, "Master, save me!"

Then as they climbed into the boat the wind grew weary,

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.

In answer he said: "In the evening you say, 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is red as fire';

Here he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

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

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;

As they came into Capernaum the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and asked, "Does not your Teacher pay the temple tax?"

"but if he will not heed the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

"'Ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow slave, just as I had pity on you?'

"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."

"Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

"And every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my sake, shall many times as much, and fall heir to eternal life.

"And as they took it they began to grumble against the master of the house.

"Take your wage and begone! I chose to give to this last man the same as to you.

When Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve aside by themselves, and as they went he said to them.

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

Now as they were leaving Jericho a great crowd followed him.

"Go on into the village facing you, and at once you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me.

Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold thy King cometh to thee, Gentle and sitting upon an ass, And upon a colt, the fool of a beast of burden."

So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them;

they led back the ass and her colt, and placed their cloaks on them.

And as he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they said.

"and everything that you ask for in your prayers you shall have, if you believe."

"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all regard John as a prophet."

"He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but he upon whom it falls will be scattered as dust."

As they listened to his parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees recognized that he was speaking about them;

"Now there were of our number seven brothers; and the first married and died. As he had no children, he left his wife to his brother;

As soon as the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together,

"The second, which is like it, is this, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

No one could answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to ask him another question.

"therefore do and observe whatever they bid you; but do not do as they do, for they preach, but do not practise.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

for then shall be a time of great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never shall be again.

For false christs and false prophets will arise, and will work great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if it were possible, the very elect.

For just as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

For just as in the days before the deluge they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the very day when Noah entered the ark,

"and all the nations will be gathered in his presence. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats;

"'In solemn truth I tell you,' the King will answer them, 'that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.'

"But he will reply, 'In solemn truth I tell you that inasmuch as you did not do it unto one of these least, you did not do it unto me.'

a woman came up to him who had an alabaster vase of very costly perfume, and poured it over his head, as he reclined at table.

"In solemn truth I tell you that wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, what she has done shall be told about, as her memorial."

The disciples did as Jesus told them, and made ready the Passover.

and as they were eating, he said to them, "In solemn truth I tell you that one of you is going to betray me!"

In deep distress they began to ask him, each in turn, "It is not I, is it, Master?"

"The Son of man is indeed to go as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were good for that man if he had never been born."

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is my body."

Then he went forward a short distance, and fell on his face and prayed. "O, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

So he left them and went away again, and prayed the third time in the same words as before.

Then Jesus said to the crowds. "Are you come out as against a robber, with swords and staves to arrest me? Day after day, I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not apprehend me.

Now Peter was following him, afar off, as far as the courtyard of the high priest; and when he got in, he was sitting with the officers, to see the end.

and gave them for the Potter's Field, as the Lord had appointed me.

"It is as you say," answered Jesus; but while he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

But the chief priests and the elders urged the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus.

And as they went out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, whom they compelled to go with them to carry his cross.

"You can have a guard," said Pilate. "Go your way, make it as secure as you can."

At the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came down to see the sepulcher, when lo!

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

He is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where the Master was lying!