So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

And she will bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

And when King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Messiah would be born.

Now when they had departed, suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he will be called a Nazarene.

Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him,

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and with fire.

His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."

But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.

And suddenly a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you do not dash your foot against a stone.'"

Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

And he said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

And he said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."

And he went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

And the report about him went out into all Syria, and they brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

"Blessed are you when men insult you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

For truly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the Law, until all things are accomplished.

For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

And if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

but I tell you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

And in praying, do not use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness.

"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Mammon.

Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

"Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'

For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and look, the log is in your own eye?

"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

Or who is there among you, who, if his son will ask him for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he will ask for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him.

By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did not we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'

And then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'

"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, will be compared to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

And everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

And he said to him, "I will come and heal him."

And the centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

And I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

but the sons of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

And when evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;

Then a scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

And another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

And he said to them, "Go." And they came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and suddenly the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.

And suddenly all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

While he told these things to them, suddenly a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."

But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.

And the report of this went out into all that land.

But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness.

Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."

Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

But beware of people: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

"And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And you will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

Therefore do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

"Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,

but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

But whoever denies me before people, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

And a man's foes will be those of his own household.

He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. He who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

And whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, truly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."

This is the one of whom it is written, 'Look, I send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to hell. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you."

Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.