Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.

and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.

Now when they had departed, behold, an 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 stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.

"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.

It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

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

Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."

but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.

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

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

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

It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

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

She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer."

His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother.

Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, "This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."

After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.

The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.

Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"

When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'

It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

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

When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'

saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!'

When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"

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? 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 today in my vineyard.'

Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'

In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her."

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

"He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'

It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,

a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"

When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth."

Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and wept bitterly.

Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,

They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.

When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.

When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,

They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.

When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.

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

Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.

When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,

But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.