And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem,

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

Then Herod, privately having called the mages, did inquire exactly from them the time of the appearing star,

And they, having heard the king, departed, and lo, the star, that they did see in the east, did go before them, till, having come, it stood over where the child was.

and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.

And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 'Out of Egypt I did call My Son.'

Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.

A voice in Ramah was heard -- lamentation and weeping and much mourning -- Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.'

And Herod having died, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream doth appear to Joseph in Egypt,

and having heard that Archelaus doth reign over Judea instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither, and having been divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the parts of Galilee,

And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

Happy the clean in heart -- because they shall see God.

'Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

'Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

'Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

'Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

'Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;

And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

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

And Jesus having heard, did wonder, and said to those following, 'Verily I say to you, not even in Israel so great faith have I found;

And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding,

and the demons were calling on him, saying, 'If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'

and he saith to them, 'Go.' And having come forth, they went to the herd of the swine, and lo, the whole herd of the swine rushed down the steep, to the sea, and died in the waters,

And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

but the Pharisees having heard, said, 'This one doth not cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons.'

Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,

For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me;

Then his disciples having come near, said to him, 'Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,

He saith to them -- 'Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

And the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions;

And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, 'Who, then, is able to be saved?'

And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the two brothers,

and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, 'Deal kindly with us, sir -- Son of David.'

And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

'And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;

and having heard they wondered, and having left him they went away.

And having heard, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching;

and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him;

And Jesus said to him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding --

'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,

'And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter;

Then the chief priest rent his garments, saying, -- 'He hath spoken evil; what need have we yet of witnesses? lo, now ye heard his evil speaking;

And certain of those standing there having heard, said -- 'Elijah he doth call;'

and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and you keep free from anxiety.'