The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. After his mother, Mary, had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

"Where is the new-born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him."

"And thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah, Thou are not least among the princes of Judah, For out of thee shall come a ruler Who shall shepherd my people, Israel."

The Magi listened to the king, and went on their way, and lo! the star which they had seen in the east led them until it came and stood over the place where the young child was.

saying, "Rise! Take the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the life of the child are dead."

So he rose and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea;

But when John saw that many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were coming for baptism, he said: "O brood of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread."

Then the devil left him, and behold! angels came and began ministering to him.

"Come, follow me," said Jesus, "And I will make you fishers of men."

When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and when he had seated himself, his disciples came to him,

"Do not suppose that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am come not to destroy, but to fulfil.

"In solemn truth I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until all has taken place.

"leave there your gift before the altar, and go and make friends with your brother, first of all; then come and offer your gift.

"Come to terms with your opponent quickly, while you are yet with him on the way [to the court], to prevent your opponent from handing you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and so you be thrown into prison.

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

"Beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are ravening wolves.

"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon the house, but it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.

"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

And behold! a leper came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord if you choose, you can make me clean."

When he entered Capernaum, an army captain came, and entered him,

"I will come and heal him," said Jesus.

"For I myself also am a man under authority, and I have soldiers under me. To one man I say 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."

"I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

When Jesus came into Peter's house, he found his wife's mother prostrated with fever.

when a Scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!"

But he was asleep. And they came and woke him, saying. "Lord save us! We are drowning!"

"Why are you afraid?" he said, "you men of little faith!" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm.

"You Son of God," they shouted, "what have you to do with us? Are you come to torment us before the time?"

He answered, "Go!" So they came out of the men, and went into the swine, and behold! the entire herd rushed headlong down from the cliff into the sea, and perished in the water.

At once all the citizens came out to meet Jesus; and when they had seen him, they begged him to move away from their country.

So he went on board, crossed the sea, and came to his own city.

And he rose and followed him. And while he was at table in Matthew's house, there came many tax-gatherers and sinners, and they dined with Jesus and his disciples.

"But go and learn what this means, "It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice; for I am come not to call just men, but sinners."

At that time the disciples of John came and asked him, "Why are we and the Pharisees always fasting, while your disciples are not?"

"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."

But a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him, and touched the tassel of his cloak.

Now when Jesus had come into the house of the ruler, and had seen the flute-players and the wailing crowd, he said,

And when he had gone indoors, they came to him. "Do you believe that I can do this?" asked Jesus. "Yes, Lord," they answered.

"Do not suppose that I am come to bring peace on the earth; I am come not to bring peace, but a sword.

"For I came to set "a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

"and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, 'He has a demon';

and the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Lo, a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is justified by her deeds."

"Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

"And if any man say a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in that which is to come.

"The Queen of the South will rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and lo! a greater than Solomon is here!

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

Now when his disciples came up to him, they said,

"but while men were asleep his enemy came and sowed tares among his wheat and went away.

"This is indeed the smallest of seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than any herb, and becomes a tree, so that the winged things of the sky come and roost in its branches."

After he had sent the people away and gone into the house, his disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

and came into his own country, where he continued teaching the people in their synagogues, until they were amazed. "Where did he get such wisdom?" they said, "and such wondrous powers?

Then John's disciples went and removed his body, and came and told Jesus.

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."

After he had sent the crowds away, he went up into the mountain alone, to pray. When night came he was there alone.

And in the fourth watch of the night he came toward them, walking upon the sea,

Peter answered, "Master, if it is you, bid me come to you upon the water."

"Come," said Jesus. Then Peter got down from the boat and walked on the water to go to Jesus.

Then they crossed over and came to land at Gennesaret;

Then some Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

Then his disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that the Pharisees were scandalized when they heard that saying?" He replied.

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury, slander.

Behold, there came to him a Canaanite woman of those parts. She wailed loudly, saying. "Pity me, Lord, thou Son of David! My daughter is possessed of an evil spirit."

But he answered her not a word. Then the disciples came up and kept beseeching him. "Send her away," they said, "because she wails after us."

But the woman came and knelt to him and said, "Lord, do help me."

Great crowds came to him, bringing the crippled, the blind, the maimed, the dumb, and many others. They laid them at his feet and he healed them;

When he had sent the crowds away, he got into the boat and came into the region of Magadan.

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and in order to test him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

When Jesus came into the neighborhood of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of man is?"

Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father, and his angels with him, and then will he reward each one in accordance with his actions.

But Jesus came to them and touched them, saying, "Rise, have no fear!"

And his disciples asked him, saying, "Why then do the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"

"Nay, I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they chose. Even so the Son of man also is about to suffer at their hands."

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

Then Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, and it came out of him; and the boy was cured from that very hour.

Thereupon Jesus' disciples came to him and asked him privately, "Why were we not able to cast it out?"

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

At that hour his disciples came to Jesus and asked him, "Who is really greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

"Woe unto the world because of such stumbling-blocks! They will surely come, but woe unto each man by whom they come!

"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Just then Peter came to him, and asked him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?"

It came about after Jesus had finished these teachings, that he removed from Galilee, and went to that part of Judea which lay across the Jordan.

Presently some of the Pharisees came up to him, and made test of him by asking, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?"

"Let the little children come to me, and forbid them not; for it is to the childlike that the kingdom of heaven belongs."

But look! a certain man came up to him and asked, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

"If you want to be perfect," said Jesus, "go, sell your property, give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

"And when evening came, the Lord of the vineyard said to his steward, "'Call the workmen and pay them their wages, beginning with the last hired and ending with the first.'

"When those came who had begun at five o'clock, they received two shillings apiece;

"and when the first came they supposed that they would get more, but they also received each two shillings.

Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, kneeling down and begging a favor of him.

"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."

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

Then the blind and the lame came to him in the Temple courts, and he healed them.

When he had entered the Temple courts, and was teaching, the high priests and elders of the people came to him and asked him, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

"For John came to you in the road of righteousness, and you did not give credence to him; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots gave credence to him. But you, although you saw this, did not even then change your minds and give credence to him.