and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom is born Jesus, who is called Christ.

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

and lo! a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my Son, the beloved, in whom is my delight.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law and the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.

What man is there of you, of whom if his son ask a loaf, will he give him a stone?

And the centurion said, I am not a fit person, that thou shouldest come under my roof: but only speak a word, and my servant be cured.

For I also am a man under authority, having under my command soldiers and I say to this soldier, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Go then, and learn what is said, "I require mercy and not sacrifice:" for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

So when he came into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yes, Lord.

Think not that I am come to bring peace to the earth: I came not to bring peace, but a sword.

For this is he of whom it is written, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."

But to whom shall I resemble this generation? it is like little boys sitting in the places of concourse, and calling to their companions,

All things are delivered up to me by my Father: and no person knoweth the Son but the Father; neither knoweth any person the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.

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

"Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment for the heathen.

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

But he said in reply, I am not sent, save only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Then Jesus coming into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, questioned his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am? The Son of Man?

He saith unto them, But who do ye say that I am?

And while he was yet speaking, behold, a luminous cloud overshadowed them; and lo! a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom is my delight; hear him!

He saith, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth receive customs and tax? from their own children, or from aliens?

Wo to the world because of offences! for there is a necessity that offences come: nevertheless, wo to that man by whom the offence cometh!

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Then he said to them, All men are not capable of receiving this saying, but they to whom it is given.

The young man saith to him, All these things have I observed from my youth: in what am I still deficient?

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Then Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink of the cup that I am going to drink, and be baptised with the baptism with which I am baptised? They say unto him, We are able.

And he saith unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of my cup, and with the baptism with which I am baptised, shall ye be baptised; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, it is not in my power to bestow, but on those, for whom it was prepared by my Father.

"I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?" God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Therefore, behold, I am sending to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye shall kill, and crucify; and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

that upon you may come all the righteous blood which hath been poured out upon the earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel, to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Messiah; and shall deceive multitudes.

Who then is the faithful and provident servant, whom his Lord hath appointed over his household, to give them meat in the proper time?

Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find thus occupied.

And exceedingly grieved, they began to say to him every one of them, Lord, am I the person?

The Son of man indeed is departing, as it is written of him: but wo to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed! well had it been for that man if he had never had a being.

But after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

said, This fellow said, I am able to pull down the temple of God, and to build it up in three days.

Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty silver pieces, the price of him who had been estimated at that rate, whom they of the children of Israel did value:

Being therefore gathered around him, Pilate said to them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus called Messiah?

When Pilate saw that it was of no use to contend, but that rather a tumult was rising, he took water, and washed his hands before the people, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man: ye must answer for it.

He trusted in God; let him now deliver him, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo! I am with you at all times even to the end of the world. Amen.