and Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brethren, at the Babylonian removal.

And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

And they said to him, 'In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.'

And they, having heard the king, departed, and lo, the star, that they did see in the east, did go before them, till, having come, it stood over where the child was.

and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 'Out of Egypt I did call My Son.'

and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets, that 'A Nazarene he shall be called.'

and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,

whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'

But Jesus answering said to him, 'Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfil all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him.

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

But he answering said, 'It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

and saith to him, 'If Son thou art of God -- cast thyself down, for it hath been written, that, His messengers He shall charge concerning thee, and on hands they shall bear thee up, that thou mayest not dash on a stone thy foot.'

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

Then saith Jesus to him, 'Go -- Adversary, for it hath been written, The Lord thy God thou shalt bow to, and Him only thou shalt serve.'

and having left Nazareth, having come, he dwelt at Capernaum that is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtalim,

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;

for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

'Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

'Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

'But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

'And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

'And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

'Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

but I -- I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God,

nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,

nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;

'Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

'Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;

'For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?

and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so?

'But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,

'Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

'And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day is the evil of it.

for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?

Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?

Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide is the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;

how strait is the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things?

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'

And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Be coming, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.'

and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens,

And Jesus said to the centurion, 'Go, and as thou didst believe let it be to thee;' and his young man was healed in that hour.

And evening having come, they brought to him many demoniacs, and he did cast out the spirits with a word, and did heal all who were ill,

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'Himself took our infirmities, and the sicknesses he did bear.'

and the men wondered, saying, 'What kind -- is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way,

and lo, they cried out, saying, 'What -- to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?'

And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples,

and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, 'Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

Nor do they put new wine into old skins, and if not -- the skins burst, and the wine doth run out, and the skins are destroyed, but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.'

Then touched he their eyes, saying, 'According to your faith let it be to you,'

and the demon having been cast out, the dumb spake, and the multitude did wonder, saying that 'It was never so seen in Israel:'

but the Pharisees said, 'By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out -- freely ye did receive, freely give.

'And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire ye who in it is worthy, and there abide, till ye may go forth.

And coming to the house salute it,

and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.

verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

'And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;

that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

'He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

And it came to pass, when Jesus ended directing his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, 'What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?

But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.

But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,

for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

'And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force,

and if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come;

'And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,

but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than for you.

'And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades shalt be brought down, because if in Sodom had been done the mighty works that were done in thee, it had remained unto this day;

but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than to thee.'

At that time Jesus answering said, 'I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee.

At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat,

and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, 'Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.'

And he said to them, 'Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him --

how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?

and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice -- ye had not condemned the blameless,

and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, 'Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' that they might accuse him.

And he said to them, 'What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise it?

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

Then saith he to the man, 'Stretch forth thy hand,' and he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole as the other.

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,