The maiden will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel (which may be translated, God is with us).

So he got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went off to Egypt,

and got baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

instead of presuming to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Then Jesus came on the scene from Galilee, to get baptized by John at the Jordan.

John tried to prevent him; "I need to get baptized by you," he said, "and you come to me!"

But Jesus answered him, "Come now, this is how we should fulfil all our duty to God." Then John gave in to him.

Now when Jesus had been baptized, the moment he rose out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove upon him.

So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

He answered, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone, but on every word that issues from the mouth of God."

said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

Jesus said to him, "It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

Then Jesus told him, "Begone, Satan! it is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone."

Blessed are the pure in heart! they will see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers! they will be ranked sons of God.

So your light is to shine before men, that they may see the good you do and glorify your Father in heaven.

For I tell you, unless your goodness excels that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the Realm of heaven.

whoever maligns his brother must come before the San hedrin, whoever curses his brother must go to the fire of Gehenna.' But I tell you, whoever is angry with his brother [without cause] will be sentenced by God.

truly I tell you, you will never get out till you pay the last halfpenny of your debt.

And if your right hand is a hindrance to you, cut it off and throw it away: better for you to lose one of your members than to have all your body thrown into Gehenna.

But I tell you, you must not swear any oath, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

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

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven: he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

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

Take care not to practise your charity before men in order to be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,

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.

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.

When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they look woebegone to let men see they are fasting; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

No one can serve two masters: either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other ??you cannot serve both God and Mammon.

Now if God so clothes the grass of the field which blooms to-day and is thrown to-morrow into the furnace, will not he much more clothe you? O men, how little you trust him!

Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above.

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?

Enter by the narrow gate: for [the gate] is broad and the road is wide that leads to destruction, and many enter that way.

every good tree bears sound fruit, but a rotten tree bears bad fruit;

a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot bear sound fruit.

[Relocated to follow vs 20] Any tree that does not produce sound fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord!', who will get into the Realm of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.

He said to them, "Why are you afraid? How little you trust God!" Then he got up and checked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

They shrieked, "Son of God, what business have you with us? Have you come here to torture us before it is time?"

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he then said to the paralytic, "Get up, lift your pallet, and go home."

And he got up and went home.

The crowds who saw it were awed and glorified God for giving such power to men.

No one sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old coat, for the patch breaks away from it, and the tear is made worse:

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

He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward; he who receives a good man because he is good, will receive a good man's reward.

how he went into the house of God, and there they ate the loaves of the Presence which neither he nor his men were allowed to eat, but only the priests?

Now a man with a withered hand was there; so in order to get a charge against him they asked him, "Is it right to heal on the sabbath?"

But if I cast out daemons by the Spirit of God, then the Reign of God has reached you already.

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.

The good man brings good out of his good store, and the evil man brings evil out of his store of evil.

but when the sun rose they got scorched and withered away because they had no root.

Some other seeds fell on good soil and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirtyfold.

I tell you truly, many prophets and good men have longed to see what you see, but they have not seen it; and to hear what you hear, but they have not heard it.

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."

He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

So the servants of the owner went to him and said, 'Did you not sow good seed in your field, sir? How then does it contain weeds?'

So he replied, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of man;

the field is the world; the good seed means the sons of the Realm; the weeds are the sons of the evil one;

When it was full, they dragged it to the beach and sitting down they gathered the good fish into vessels but flung away the bad.

and went to his native place, where he taught the people in the synagogue till they were astounded. They said, "Where did he get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

Are not his sisters settled here among us? Then where has he got all this?"

He said, "Come." Then Peter got out of the boat and walked over the water on his way to Jesus;

When they got into the boat the wind dropped,

and the men in the boat worshipped him, saying, "You are certainly God's Son."

and begging him to let them touch the mere tassel of his robe ??and all who touched it got perfectly well.

He replied, "And why do you transgress the command of God with your traditions?

God enjoined, Honour your father and mother, and, He who curses his father or mother is to suffer death.

But you say, whoever tells his father or mother, 'This money might have been at your service but it is dedicated to God,'

need not honour his father or mother. So you have repealed the law of God to suit your own tradition.

The disciples said to him, "Where are we to get loaves enough in a desert to satisfy such a crowd?"

Jesus said to them, "How many loaves have you got?" They said, "Seven, and some little fish."

Then he sent the crowd away, got into the boat and went to the territory of Magadan.

So Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Peter took him and began to reprove him for it; "God forbid, Lord," he said, "This must not be."

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me! Your outlook is not God's but man's."

So Peter addressed Jesus and said, "Lord, it is a good thing we are here; pray let me put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

and said, "I tell you truly, unless you turn and become like children, you will never get into the Realm of heaven at all.

If your hand or your foot is a hindrance to you, cut it off and throw it away; better be maimed or crippled and get into Life, than keep both feet or hands and be thrown into the everlasting fire.

If your eye is a hindrance to you, tear it out and throw it away; better get into Life with one eye than keep your two eyes and be thrown into the fire of Gehenna.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined, then, man must not separate."

The disciples said to him, "If that is a man's position with his wife, there is no good in marrying."

Up came a man and said to him, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to gain life eternal?"

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."

And Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you truly, it will be difficult for a rich man to get into the Realm of heaven.

I tell you again, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Realm of God."

Jesus looked at them and said, "This is impossible for men, but anything is possible for God."

Then Peter replied, "Well, we have left our all and followed you. Now what are we to get?"

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.

When those who had been hired about five o'clock came, they got a shilling each.

So when the first labourers came up, they supposed they would get more; but they too got each their shilling.

The crowd checked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, "O Lord, Son of David, have pity on us!"

and the greater part of the crowd spread their clothes on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them on the road.

Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves,

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you.

For John showed you the way to be good and you would not believe him; the taxgatherers and harlots believed him, and even though you saw that, you would not change your mind afterwards and believe him.

I tell you therefore that the Realm of God will be taken from you and given to a nation that bears the fruits of the Realm.

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

And those servants went out on the roads and gathered all they met, bad and good alike. Thus the marriage-banquet was supplied with guests.