Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah,

As Joseph her husband was a just man but unwilling to disgrace her, he resolved to divorce her secretly;

So on waking from sleep Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him; he took his wife home,

but he did not live with her as a husband till she bore a son, whom he called Jesus.

The news of this troubled king Herod and all Jerusalem as well;

Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by a different road.

As he was walking along the sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew, casting a net in the sea ??for they were fishermen;

Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison;

But I tell you, you are not to resist an injury: whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well;

whoever wants to sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat as well;

For if you love only those who love you, what reward do you get for that? do not the very taxgatherers do as much?

and if you only salute your friends, what is special about that? do not the very pagans do as much?

You must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

When you give alms, make no flourish of trumpets like the hypocrites in the synagogues and the streets, so as to win applause from men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

so as to keep your alms secret; then your Father who sees what is secret will reward you openly.

Also, when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street-corners, so as to be seen by men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

you must not copy them; your Father knows your needs before you ask him.

thy Reign begin, thy will be done on earth as in heaven!

and forgive us our debts as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors,

for as you judge so you will be judged, and the measure you deal out to others will be dealt out to yourselves.

Ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;

Well, if for all your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him?

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go; as you have had faith, your prayer is granted." And the servant was cured at that very hour.

As Jesus passed along from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me"; and he rose and followed him.

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding mourn so long as the bride groom is beside them? A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast.

As he said this, an official came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter is just dead; do come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

As Jesus passed along from there, he was followed by two blind men who shrieked, "Son of David, have pity on us!"

Then he touched their eyes and said, "As you believe, so your prayer is granted,"

As they went out, a dumb man was brought to him, who was possessed by a daemon,

As he saw the crowds he was moved with pity for them; they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.

And preach as you go, tell men, 'The Reign of heaven is near.'

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out daemons; give without paying, as you have got without paying;

to ask him, "Are you the Coming One? Or are we to look out for someone else?"

As the disciples of John went away, Jesus proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

At that time Jesus walked one sabbath through the cornfields, and as his disciples were hungry they started to pull some ears of corn and eat them.

Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it was quite restored, as sound as the other.

but as Jesus knew of it he retired from the spot. Many followed him, and he healed them all,

As Jesus knew what they were thinking, he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, any city or house divided against itself will never stand;

for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

but, as great crowds gathered to him, he entered a boat and sat down, while all the crowd stood on the beach.

and as he sowed some seeds fell on the road and the birds came and ate them up.

As for him who is sown 'on stony soil,' that is the man who hears the word and accepts it at once with enthusiasm;

As for him who is sown 'among thorns,' that is the man who listens to the word, but the worry of the world and the delight of being rich choke the word; so it proves unfruitful.

As for him who is sown 'on good soil,' that is the man who hears the word and understands it; he bears fruit, producing now a hundredfold, now sixty, and now thirtyfold."

When the blade sprouted and formed the kernel, then the weeds appeared as well.

Well then, just as the weeds are gathered and burnt in the fire, so will it be at the end of the world;

At that Jesus replied, "O woman, you have great faith; your prayer is granted as you wish." And from that hour her daughter was cured.

What profit will it be if a man gains the whole world and forfeits his own soul? What will a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

in their presence he was transfigured, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes turned white as light.

As they went down the hill Jesus ordered them, "Tell this vision to nobody until the Son of man is raised from the dead."

If your brother sins [against you], go and reprove him, as between you and him alone. If he listens to you, then you have won your brother over;

If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church; and if he refuses to listen to the church, treat him as a pagan or a taxgatherer.

as he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the sum.

But as that servant went away, he met one of his fellow-servants who owed him twenty pounds, and seizing him by the throat he said, 'Pay your debt!'

Ought you not to have had mercy on your fellow-servant, as I had on you?'

but Jesus said to them, "Let the children alone, do not stop them from coming to me: the Realm of heaven belongs to such as these."

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? One alone is good. But if you want to get into Life, keep the commands."

honour your father and mother, and you must love your neighbour as yourself."

Everyone who has left brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands or houses for my name's sake will get a hundred times as much and inherit life eternal.

Take what belongs to you and be off. I choose to give this last man the same as you.

Can I not do as I please with what belongs to me? Have you a grudge because I am generous?'

Now as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem he took the twelve aside by themselves and said to them as they were on the road,

just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

As they were leaving Jericho a crowd followed him,

saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you and you will at once find an ass tethered with a colt alongside of her; untether them and bring them to me.

Tell the daughter of Sion, 'Here is your king coming to you, He is gentle and mounted on an ass, And on a colt the foal of a beast of burden.'

So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them;

they brought the ass and the colt and put their clothes on them. Jesus seated himself on them,

In the morning as he came back to the city he felt hungry,

All that ever you ask in prayer you shall have, if you believe."

When he entered the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you this authority?"

Jesus replied, "Well, I will ask you a question, and if you answer me, then I will tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

they tried to get hold of him, but they were afraid of the crowds, as the crowds held him to be a prophet.

Now there were seven brothers in our number. The first married and died; as he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,

There is a second like it: you must love your neighbour as yourself.

As the Pharisees had mustered, Jesus put a question to them.

so do whatever they tell you, obey them, but do not do as they do. They talk but they do not act.

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when you succeed you make him a son of Gehenna twice as bad as yourselves.

Blind Pharisee! first clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may be clean as well.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?"

This gospel of the Reign shall be preached all over the wide world as a testimony to all the Gentiles, and then the end will come.

for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now ??no and never shall be.

for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, ??if that were possible.

Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand;

As were the days of Noah, so will the arrival of the Son of man be.

For as in the days before the deluge people ate and drank, married and were married, till the day Noah entered the ark;

and as they knew nothing till the deluge came and swept them all away; so will the arrival of the Son of man be.

whereas the sensible took oil in their vessels as well as their lamps.

As the bridegroom was long of coming, they all grew drowsy and went to sleep.

and all nations will be gathered in front of him; he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.'

Then he will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did not do it to one of these, even the least of them, you did not do it to me.'

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table.

So the disciples did as Jesus had told them, and prepared the passover.

and as they were eating he said, "One of you is going to betray me."

He answered, "One who has dipped his hand into the same dish as myself is going to betray me.