But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.

And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as his wife;

And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

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

And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.

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.

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.

Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.

Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.

And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.

And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.

And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.

And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.

And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.

Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.

And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?

If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him.

And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean.

And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,

And he said to him, I will come and make him well.

And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;

Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.

And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.

And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.

And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

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

And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

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.

And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.

And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:

He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.

And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

But they went out and gave news of him in all that land.

And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.

To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

He who has ears, let him give ear.

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

But the Pharisees went out and made designs against him, how they might put him to death.

And Jesus, having knowledge of this, went away from there, and a great number went after him; and he made them all well,

Ordering them not to give people word of him:

See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.

The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.

Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this, said to him, Master, we are looking for a sign from you.

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits worse than himself, and they go in and make it their living-place: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first. Even so will it be with this evil generation.

While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him.

And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you.

But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?

And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.

He who has ears, let him give ear.

And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

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.

But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.