But [as] he was considering these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary [as] your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

saying, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star at its rising and have come to worship him."

So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet,

'And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for from you will go out a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

Now [after] they had gone away, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him."

"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because {they exist no longer}."

saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the life of the child are dead."

and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near!"

For this is the one who was spoken about by the prophet Isaiah, saying, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'"

And do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Already now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I [am], whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

His winnowing shovel [is] in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."

But Jesus answered [and] said to him, "Permit [it] now, for in this way it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted him.

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down! For it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you,' and 'On [their] hands they will lift you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"

Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan, for it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

Now [as he] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

Blessed [are] the ones who hunger and thirst [for] righteousness, because they will be satisfied.

Rejoice and be glad, because your reward [is] great in heaven, for in the [same] way they persecuted the prophets before you.

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, by what will it be made salty? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown outside [and] trampled under foot by people.

For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one tiny letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all takes place.

For I say to you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses [that] of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven.

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

And if your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw [it] from you! For it is better for you that one of your members be destroyed than your whole body be thrown into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw [it] from you! For it is better for you that one of your limbs be destroyed than your whole body go into hell.

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for a matter of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not the tax collectors also do the same?

"But [when you] pray, do not babble repetitiously like the pagans, for they think that because of their many words they will be heard.

Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows {what you need} before you ask him.

For if you forgive people their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

"Whenever you fast, do not be sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unrecognizable in order that they may be seen fasting by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward in full!

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves do not break in or steal.

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

"No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money.

"For this [reason] I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body [more than] clothing?

But if God dresses the grass of the field in this way, [although it] is [here] today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not [do so] much more [for] you, you of little faith?

for the pagans seek after all these [things]. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these [things].

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

For by what judgment you judge, you will be judged, and by what measure you measure out, it will be measured out to you.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

Or what man is [there] among you, [if] his son will ask him [for] bread, will give him a stone?

Or also [if] he will ask for a fish, will give him a snake?

Therefore [in] all [things], whatever you want that people should do to you, thus also you do to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."

For I also am a man under authority who has soldiers under me, and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another one, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does [it]."

And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go, as you have believed it will be done for you." And the slave was healed at that hour.

For which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

But go [and] learn what it means, "I want mercy and not sacrifice." For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

But no one puts a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment, for its patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear becomes worse.

for she said to herself, "If only I touch his cloak I will be healed."

Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be done for you."

And [when he] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were weary and dejected, like sheep that did not have a shepherd.

Do not procure gold or silver or copper for your belts.

Do not [take] a traveler's bag for the road, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff, for the worker [is] deserving of his provisions.

Truly I say to you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

And you will be brought before both governors and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how [to speak] or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father [who is] speaking through you.

And whenever they persecute you in this town, flee to another, for truly I say to you, you will never finish [going through] the towns of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

[It is] enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household?

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And one of them will not fall to the ground {without the knowledge and consent} of your Father.

For I have come to turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

[and] said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John,

saying, 'We played the flute for you and you did not dance; we sang a lament and you did not mourn.'

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Nevertheless I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and for Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.

Nevertheless I tell you that it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!"

Yes, Father, for [to do] so {was your gracious will}.

Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke [is] easy to carry and my burden is light."

how he entered into the house of God and ate the bread of the presentation, which it was not permitted for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

And if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel [them]? For this [reason] they will be your judges!

For this [reason] I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven!

"Either make the tree good and its fruit [is] good, or make the tree bad and its fruit [is] bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things [when you] are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!

For by your words you will be vindicated, and by your words you will be condemned."

For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

"Now whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find [it].

Then it goes and brings along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first. So it will be for this evil generation also!"

For whoever does the will of my Father [who is] in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother."

For whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

For this [reason] I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand,

For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear with difficulty, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous [people] longed to see what you see, and did not see [it], and to hear what you hear, and did not hear [it]!

Thus just as the darnel is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

And he said to them, "For this [reason] every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house who brings out of his storeroom new [things] and old [things]."

and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist! He has been raised from the dead, and for this [reason] miraculous powers are at work in him."

For Herod, [after] arresting John, bound him and put [him] in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,

because John had been saying to him, "It is not permitted for you to have her."