And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wishing to make an example of her, purposed privately to divorce her.

And Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the King, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,

Then Herod, having privately called the wise men, ascertained from them exactly the time the star appeared;

Then Herod, seeing that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged; and, having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he exactly learned from the wise men.

But He, answering, said, "It has been written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"

And He saith to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

"Ye are the salt of the earth; but, if the salt become tasteless, with what shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing, except, when cast without, to be trodden under foot by men.

So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Who is in Heaven.

Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

but I say to you, Resist not the evil man; but whosoever smites you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;

that ye may be sons of your Father Who is in Heaven; because He causeth His sun to rise on evil men and on good, and sendeth rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

"Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them, otherwise at least ye have no reward with your Father Who is in Heaven.

When, therefore, you are doing alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.

"And, when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: verily I say to you, they have their reward.

"For, if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you;

but, if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

"And, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.

that you appear not to men to be fasting, but to your Father Who is in secret; and your Father Who seeth in secret will recompense you.

Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask him for bread, will give him a stone?

"All things, therefore, whatsoever ye wish that men should do to you, so do ye also to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

From their fruits ye shall recognize them. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

"Every one, therefore, who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who, indeed, built his house upon the rock;

"And every one who hears these words of Mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who, indeed, built his house upon the sand:

for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers; and I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

And Jesus saith to him, "The foxes have dens; and the birds of the heaven have lodging-places; but the Son of Man hath not where to lay His head."

And the men wondered, saying, "What manner of Man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him!"

And, behold, some of the scribes said among themselves, "This Man is blaspheming! "

"But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins" (then saith He to the paralytic), "Arise, and take up your bed, and go to your house."

and, seeing it, the multitudes feared, and glorified God, Who gave such authority to men.

And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the tax-office, and He saith to him, "Follow Me." And, rising up, he followed Him.

And, as Jesus was passing on thence, two blind men followed Him, crying out, and saying, "Have mercy on us, O Son of David!"

And the blind men came to Him, when He entered into the house; and He saith to them, "Believe ye that I am able to do this?" They say to Him, "Yes, Lord."

And, as they were going forth, behold, they have brought to Him a dumb man, a demoniac;

But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to high-councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;

"And, when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next; for verily I say to you, ye will in no wise finish the cities of Israel, till the Son of Man come!

"Every one, therefore, who shall confess Me before men, him will I also confess before My Father Who is in Heaven.

But whosoever denies Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father Who is in Heaven.

for I came to set a man at variance with his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

and the man's foes will be those of his own house-hold.

He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

But what went ye out to see? a man in soft raiment; Behold, those wearing soft raiment are in kings' houses.

And from the time of John the Immerser until now, the Kingdom of Heaven is taken by storm, and violent men seize upon it;

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man gluttonous and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners.' And wisdom was justified by her works."

for the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."

And, behold, a man having a withered hand; and they questioned Him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?" that they might accuse Him.

And He said to them "What man of you who shall have one sheep; and, if this should fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it, and raise it up?

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do well on the sabbath."

Then saith He to the man, "Stretch forth your hand." And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole as the other.

Then there was brought to Him a demoniac, blind, and dumb; and He healed him, so that the dumb man spake and saw.

But the Pharisees, hearing it, said, "This Man doth not cast out the demons, except by Beelzebub, prince of the demons."

Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and seize upon his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

Therefore, I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven.

And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in that which is to come.

The good man, out of his good treasure, puts forth good things; and the evil man, out of his evil treasure, puts forth evil things.

And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account concerning it in the day of judgment;

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

"The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

"But, when the unclean spirit goes out from the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and finds it not.

Then it goes and takes along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and, entering in, they dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation."

For verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what ye are seeing, and did not see them; and to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear them.

Another parable He set before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven was likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field;

and, while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away.

Another parable He set before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man, having taken, sowed in his field:

And, answering, He said, "He that sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of the Kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those who do iniquity;

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and in his joy he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

And, coming into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Whence hath this Man this wisdom, and the mighty works?

And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then, hath this Man all these things?"

And those eating were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

And, recognizing Him, the men of that place sent into all that region round about, and brought to Him all who were sick;

But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth??his defiles the man."

Let them alone; they are blind guides; and if a blind man be guiding a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and these defile the man.

these are the things which defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."

and those eating were four thousand men, besides women and children.

And Jesus, having come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that the Son of Man is?"

But, turning, He said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! you are a stumbling-block to Me; because you are not thinking of the things of God, but the things of men."

for what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and suffer damage as to his soul? or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul?

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then will He render to each one according to his work.

Verily I say to you, there are some of those standing here, who will not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom."

And, as they were coming down out of the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of Man be raised from among the dead."

but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they recognized him not, but did with him whatsoever they wished: so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them."

And, when they came to the multitude, there approached Him a man, kneeling to Him, and saying,

And, while they were assembled together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men;

"Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity that the stumbling-blocks come; but woe to the man through whom the stumbling-block comes!

["For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost."]

"What think ye? If a hundred sheep belong to a certain man, and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety and nine on the mountains, and, going, seek the straying one?

And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause"

and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?"

so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What, therefore, God joined together, let not man put asunder."

The disciples say to Him, "If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

for there are eunuchs who were so born from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."

The young man says to Him, "I observed all these things; what yet do I lack?"

But the young man, having heard this saying, went away grieved; for he was one who had large possessions.

And Jesus said to His disciples, "Verily I say to you, that with difficulty shall a rich man enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

And again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

But Jesus, looking on them, said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

And Jesus said to them, "Verily I say to you, that ye who followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit upon the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a man who was a householder, who went forth early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard;