and Jesse fathered David the king. And David the king fathered Solomon of her who had been wife of Uriah.

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, inquired of them exactly what time the star appeared.

When they had heard the king, they departed. And lo, the star which they saw in the east went before them until it came and stood over where the child was.

And when they had departed, behold, the 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 be there until I bring you word, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy Him.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was greatly enraged. And he sent and killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had carefully inquired of the wise men.

And the same John had his clothing of camel's hair and a leather girdle about his loins. And his food was locusts and wild honey.

And Jesus, when He had been baptized, went up immediately out of the water. And lo, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon Him.

And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterwards hungry.

And His fame went throughout all Syria. And they brought to Him all those being badly ill suffering various diseases and torments, and those who had been possessed with demons, and those who had been moonstruck, and paralytics. And He healed them.

And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain. And when He had sat down, His disciples came to Him.

And it happened, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His doctrine.

When He had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.

And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, beseeching Him,

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother laid out and in a fever.

And evening coming on, they brought to Him many who had been possessed with demons. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick

And when He had come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, two demon-possessed ones met Him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one might pass by that way.

And He said to them, Go! And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.

And those who fed them fled. And going into the city, they told everything, and what had happened to the ones who had been possessed of demons.

But when the crowds saw, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

And behold, a woman, who had a flow of blood for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the hem of His garment.

And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to Him, Yes, Lord.

As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a dumb man, who had been demon-possessed.

And when the demon had been cast out, the dumb one spoke. And multitudes marveled, saying, Never was it seen like this in Israel!

And when He had called to Him His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

And it happened, when Jesus had finished commanding His twelve disciples, He left there to teach and to proclaim in their cities.

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the powerful acts which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes!

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

But if you had known what this is, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice," you would not have condemned those who are not guilty.

And when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue.

Then one who had been demon-possessed was brought to Him, blind and dumb. And He healed him, so much so that the blind and dumb one both spoke and saw.

Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth. And they sprang up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.

And the sun rising, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they withered away.

But when the blade had sprung up and had produced fruit, then the darnel also appeared.

who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

And when He had come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so much so that they were astonished and said, From where does this man have this wisdom and these mighty works?

For Herod had laid hold on John, and had bound him, and had put him in prison because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife.

And they who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

And when He had sent the crowds away, He went up into a mountain apart to pray. And when evening had come, He was there alone.

And He said, Come. And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.

And when they had come into the boat, the wind ceased.

And when they had passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.

And when His disciples had come to the other side, they forgot to take loaves.

And when they had come to Capernaum, those who received the didrachmas came to Peter and said, Does your master not pay the didrachmas?

He said, Yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? From their sons, or from strangers?

And when he had begun to count, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

But as he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that he, and his wife and children, and all that he had, be sold, and payment be made.

Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him, O wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

Should you not also have pitied your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you?

And it happened, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond Jordan.

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

And when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them their wage, beginning from the last to the first.

So Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.

And when they drew near Jerusalem, and had come to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

And when He had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority?

But what do you think? A man had two sons; and he came to the first and said, Son, go work in my vineyard today.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him. And when you had seen it, you did not repent afterwards so that you might believe him.

Now there were with us seven brothers. And the first, when he had married a wife, died. And, having no issue, he left his wife to his brother.

Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be, of the seven? For they all had her.

But hearing that He had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees were gathered together.

and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

But know this, that if the steward of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be dug through.

And going he who had received the five talents traded with them, and made another five talents.

And likewise he who had received two, he also gained another two.

But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the earth and hid his lord's silver.

And so he who had received five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, Lord, you delivered five talents to me. Behold, I have gained five talents above them.

He also who had received two talents came and said, Lord, you delivered two talents to me. Behold, I have gained two other talents above them.

And he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew that you were a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them. And they made the passover ready.

And when evening had come, He sat down with the Twelve.

The Son of Man goes, as it has been written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.

And they who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

And when he had gone out into the porch, another saw him and said to those there, This one was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

Then he who had betrayed Him, seeing that He was condemned, sorrowing, Judas returned the thirty pieces of silver again to the chief priests and elders,

Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him who had been priced, whom they of the children of Israel valued,

And they then had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.

For he knew they had delivered Him because of envy.

Then he released Barabbas to them. And when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

And after they had mocked Him, they took the robe off of Him and put His own clothing on Him and led Him away to crucify Him.

they gave Him vinegar mixed with gall to drink. And when He had tasted, He would not drink.

and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep arose,

And many of the women were there, watching from a distance, those who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, watching from a distance;

When the evening had come, a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, came, who also himself was Jesus' disciple.

When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in clean linen,

and laid it in his new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and departed.

And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.