but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

and knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.

And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

And, having arisen, he took to him the little child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.

A voice has been heard in Rama, weeping, and great lamentation: Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

I indeed baptise you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire;

but John urgently forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptised of thee; and comest thou to me?

But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.

Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;

Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.

Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill; but whosoever shall kill shall be subject to the judgment.

Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt not commit adultery.

But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

And if thy right hand be a snare to thee, cut it off and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

Again, ye have heard that it has been said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt render to the Lord what thou hast sworn.

But I say unto you, Do not swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God;

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

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

To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away.

For if ye should love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the tax-gatherers the same?

And if ye should salute your brethren only, what do ye extraordinary? Do not also the Gentiles the same?

Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But thou, when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand does;

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg anything of him.

and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.

but if ye do not forgive men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.

And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render it to thee.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust spoils, and where thieves do not dig through nor steal;

For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are ye not much more excellent than they?

And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

but I say unto you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.

But if God so clothe the herbage of the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much rather you, O ye of little faith?

Be not therefore careful, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we put on?

for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.

Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil.

Judge not, that ye may not be judged;

But why lookest thou on the mote that is in the eye of thy brother, but observest not the beam that is in thine eye?

Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning round rend you.

Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied through thy name, and through thy name cast out demons, and through thy name done many works of power?

and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

And every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

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

And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that thou shouldest enter under my roof; but only speak a word, and my servant shall be healed.

And when Jesus heard it, he wondered, and said to those who followed, Verily I say unto you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

But Jesus hearing it, said, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those that are ill.

But go and learn what that is I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners.

Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not?

he said, Withdraw, for the damsel is not dead, but sleeps. And they derided him.

But when he saw the crowds he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and cast away as sheep not having a shepherd.

These twelve Jesus sent out when he had charged them, saying, Go not off into the way of the nations, and into a city of Samaritans enter ye not;

Do not provide yourselves with gold, or silver, or brass, for your belts,

And if the house indeed be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.

For ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the other; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of man be come.

The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman above his lord.

Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered which shall not be revealed, and secret which shall not be known.

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father;

Fear not therefore; ye are better than many sparrows.

Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.

He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

And he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among the born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.

Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.

But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

How he entered into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?

Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

But he said to them, What man shall there be of you who has one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it and raise it up?

and charged them strictly that they should not make him publicly known:

He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets;

a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;

But the Pharisees, having heard it, said, This man does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons.

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.

He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

For this reason I say unto you, Every sin and injurious speaking shall be forgiven to men, but speaking injuriously of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

And whosoever shall have spoken a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming one.

But he, answering, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas the prophet.

But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find it.

and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of the ground because of not having any depth of earth,

but when the sun rose they were burned up, and because of not having any root were dried up;

And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;

for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.