AND Jesus being born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold Magi came from the East to Jerusalem, saying,

And Herod the king hearing this was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

Then Herod, calling the Magi secretly, asked them the precise time when the star appeared;

And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their country another way.

And 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 remain there till I tell you; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy it.

and was there till the death of Herod; that the word might be fulfilled, which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying; Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Then Herod seeing that he was despised by the Magi, was exceedingly angry, and sent and destroyed all the children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the precise time which he had learned of the Magi.

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

And when Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, in Egypt, saying,

But hearing that Archelaus reigned over Judea in the place of Herod his father, he was afraid to go there; but being divinely instructed in a dream, he departed into the parts of Galilee,

AND when he heard that John was delivered up, he departed to Galilee;

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

You have heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be subject to the judgment.

You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery;

but I tell you, that every one who looks on a woman to desire her inordinately, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Again, you have heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord your 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, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.

And when you pray use not vain repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking.

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

And why are you anxious concerning clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they perform no hard labor, neither do they spin;

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

And, the demons besought him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.

And he said to them, Go. And going out, they went away into the herd of swine, and, behold, the whole herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, and died in the waters;

Come to me all you that labor hard and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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

Offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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

for the hearts of this people have become hard, and they hear imperfectly with their ears, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should heal them.

For I tell you truly, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see what you see and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear and have not heard it.

When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and takes away the seed sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the way.

AT that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

For Herod having seized John, had bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

And Herod's birthday being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

And when Jesus heard of it he departed thence in a ship to a solitary place by himself. And the multitudes hearing of it followed him on foot from the cities.

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

Then the disciples came to him, and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this word?

But the things which proceed from the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the man.

For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies:

And when they heard this the disciples fell on their faces, and were greatly afraid.

He said to them, Moses, on account of your hardness of heart, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

And when the young man heard [this] he went away sad, for he had great possessions.

And the multitudes who heard were astonished at his teaching.

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

But if that evil servant says in his heart, My Lord delays his coming,

And he that received the one talent also came and said, Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sowed, and gathering where you have not scattered,

Then the chief priest rent his clothes, saying, He has blasphemed; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy.

and if this is heard of by the procurator we will satisfy him and secure you.