Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord came in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.

Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.

And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.

And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.

Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.

For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.

You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;

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

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.

But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.

These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.

Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them

But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;

And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work: