Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came into Jerusalem saying;

And Herod the king having heard, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him,

Then Herod secretly calling the wise men, inquired with them the time of the appearing of the star,

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by another way.

And they having gone away, behold, the angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying; Having arisen, take the young child and His mother, and fly into Egypt; and be thou there until I may speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child in order to destroy Him.

and was there until the death of Herod: in order that the Word, having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying; Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked by the wise men, became exceedingly angry; and having sent forth, he slew all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its boundaries, from two years old and under, according to the time which he inquired with the wise men.

A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and weeping and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children; and was not willing to be comforted, because they are not.

And Herod having died, behold, the angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in Egypt in a dream, saying;

And having heard that Archelaus reigns over Judea instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to depart thither; and being warned in a dream he departed into the regions of Galilee.

And Jesus having heard that John was cast into prison, departed into Galilee.

Blessed are the pure in heart: because they shall see God.

You have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not murder; and whosoever may murder shall be in danger of the judgment;

You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery.

But I say unto you that every one looking on a woman in order to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Again you have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shall perform unto the Lord thine oaths.

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

You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy.

And praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do: for they think they shall be heard in their much speaking.

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

And a herd of many swine was feeding a great way from them.

And the demons continued to intreat him, saying, If you cast us out, permit us to depart into the herd of swine.

And He said to them, Go. And they having gone out, went away into the herd of swine; and the whole herd rushed down the precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; because I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.

O ye generations of vipers, how are you, being evil, able to speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

The good man, out of the good treasure (heart) brings forth good things: and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure (heart) brings forth wicked things.

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

Because the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard heavily with their ears, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I shall heal them.

Truly I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see those things which you see, and saw them not; and to hear those things which you hear, and heard them not.

Every one hearing the word of the kingdom, and not understanding it, the wicked one comes, and seizes away that which is sown in his heart: he is the one sown by the wayside.

And at that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus,

For Herod having arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip.

Herod's birthday being celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod;

This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

But those things going out from the mouth come forth from the heart; and these pollute the man.

For out of the heart proceed evil reasonings, murders, fornications, adulteries, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

He says to them, Moses on account of the hardness of your heart permitted you to send away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

And He said to him; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

But if the wicked servant may say in his heart,

And the one having received one talent also coming, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewn:

Then the high priest tore his robes, saying, He blasphemed: why have we yet need of witnesses? behold, now you heard His blasphemy:

And if this may be heard by the governor, we will persuade him and make you secure.