"And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, art in no respect the least amongst the princes of Judah, for from thee shall go forth the Ruler, who shall conduct my people Israel."

and sending them to Bethlehem said, Go, and procure the most exact information respecting this child; and when you have found him, bring me intelligence, that I may come, and pay him homage also.

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

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:

But John earnestly withheld him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

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

and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall prostrate and worship me.

And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Blessed are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and lying, speak every thing evil against you for my sake.

Just so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

that ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: for he causeth his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and tendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Therefore when thou givest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They receive their reward.

that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will himself reward thee openly.

And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, to pray, that they may make a shew to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward.

And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, affecting a gloomy look: for they disfigure their visages, that they may make a shew of fasting to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward.

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer me to take the mote off from thine eye: and behold there is a beam in thine own eye?

Not every one who saith to me, Lord, Lord! shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have we not cast out devils? and in thy name done many miracles?

And then will I profess unto them, that I never knew you: depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.

Every man therefore who is hearing from me these words, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the intelligent man, who erected his house upon a rock:

And lo! a leper came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

and saying, My servant is lying in the house paralytic, terribly tormented with pain.

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.

And another of his disciples said unto him, Permit me first to go and bury my father.

And Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their own dead.

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority upon earth to forgive sins, (then he saith to the paralytic,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.

And Jesus passing from thence, saw a man sitting at the custom house, called Matthew: and saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

As he was speaking these things to them, behold, there came a ruler, and prostrated himself before him, saying, My daughter hath just now died: but come and lay thine hand upon her, and she shall live.

And ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the heathen.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, that man shall be saved.

Every one therefore who shall make confession of me before men, of him will I also make confession before my Father who is in heaven.

But whosoever shall disown me before men, him will I also disown before my Father who is in heaven.

He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

He that preserveth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall preserve it.

He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended at me.

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

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.

Come to me, all who labour hard, and sustain heavy burdens, and I will give you relief.

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.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

"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.

He that is not with me, is against me; and he that associates not with me, scattereth abroad.

And whosoever may speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.

Then he saith, I will return to my mansion, whence I came; and on his arrival, he findeth it unoccupied, swept, and furnished.

But he answered and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

And stretching out his hand towards his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren.

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Therefore I speak to them in parables: that seeing, they may not see; and hearing, they may not hear nor understand.

Let them both grow together till the harvest: and at the harvest-time I will say to the reapers, Gather out first the zizane, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I will bring forth things hid from the foundation of the world.

And she, being previously urged on by her mother, said, Give me here, in a spacious dish, the head of John the Baptist.

But when evening was come, his disciples came unto him, saying, The place is desert, and the day is far advanced; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves provisions.

Then he said, Bring them hither to me.

Then Peter answering, said, Lord, if it be thou, command me to come unto thee upon the waters.

But seeing the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink in the deep, he cried out, saying, Lord save me.

But ye say, If any man declare to his father or mother, This is a [devoted] gift, which else might have been employed by me for thy advantage;

This people draweth nigh to me with their mouths, and honoureth me with the lips, but their heart is far distant from me.

But in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines the commandments of men.

Then he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up.

And lo! a woman of Canaan coming out of these coasts, cried aloud, saying to him, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David: my daughter is a grievous demoniac.

Then she came, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me!

Then Jesus calling his disciples, said, I have compassion on the multitude, for they have now continued with me three days, and have not any thing to eat: and send them away fasting I will not, lest they faint on the road.

And Jesus replying, said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this to thee, but my Father, who is in heaven.

And I tell thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Then turning from him, he said unto Peter, Get thee behind me Satan! thou art an offence to me: for thou dost not relish the things of God, but those of men.

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For whosoever is desirous to preserve his life, shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

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!

Lord, have compassion on my son, for he is a lunatic, and suffers grievously; for oftentimes he falleth into the fire, and often into the water.

Then Jesus answering, said, O generation, faithless, and perverse! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.

But that we give them no offence, go unto the sea, and cast in a hook, and take the first fish which cometh up; and on opening his mouth, thou wilt find a stater, that take and give them for me and thee.

And whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.

And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones, who believe in me, to stumble, it were better for him that a millstone was hung at his neck, and that he was sunk in the depth of the sea.

See that ye despise not one of these little ones, for I say unto you, That their angels in heaven continually behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

But if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be confirmed.

Again I say unto you, That if two of you are concurring upon earth, respecting any matter, which ye shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

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

Then Peter coming to him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

Then that servant falling prostrate, paid him the most profound homage, saying, Lord, have forbearance with me, and I will pay thee all.

But that servant going out, found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing, throttled him, saying, Pay me what thou owest.

Then his fellow-servant fell at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have forbearance with me, and I will pay thee all.

Then his lord, calling him before him, said to him, Thou vile slave! all that debt I forgave thee, because thou besoughtest me:

Even so also will my heavenly Father do to you, except ye forgive every one of you his brother, from your hearts, their trespasses.

Then said Jesus, Permit little children, and hinder them not from coming to me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Then he said to him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, even God: but if thou art desirous of entering into life, keep the commandments.

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

Jesus said to him, If thou art desirous to be perfect, go, sell all thy substance, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

Then said Jesus unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye who have followed me in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And every one who hath left family, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit life eternal.

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

Then he said to her, What is thy wish? She saith unto him, Tell me that these my two sons shall sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left, in thy kingdom.

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.

They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

saying to them, Go into the village, which is opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a foal with her; loose and bring them to me.

and said unto them, It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer," but ye have made it a den of robbers.

Then Jesus answering, said to them, I also will ask you one question, which if ye answer me, then will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

But what think ye? A man had two sons; and coming to the first he said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard.