But Joseph her husband being a righteous man, and not wishing to make her an example, was designing to put her away privately.

But while he was thinking of these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit,

and knew her not till she bore a son, and he called his name Jesus.

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

And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and fled into Egypt,

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 think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham;

and already the axe lies at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which bears not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

I indeed baptize you with water to a change of mind; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and fire;

But, he refused him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?

And he answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God.

Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God.

And walking by the lake of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.

Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted.[\ul Note: Verse

Think not that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets; I have not come to destroy but to complete.

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

I tell you truly, you shall not go out thence till you have paid the last quadrans [4 mills].

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

But if your right eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell.

And if your right hand offends you, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should go into hell.

Again, you have heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths.

But I tell you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;

But I tell you not to resist the evil man; but whoever shall strike you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also;

Give to him that asks, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away.

For if you love those that love you, what reward have you? Do not the publicans the same?

And if you salute your brothers only, what do you do more than [others]? Do not the gentiles also do the same?

But take heed not to perform your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise indeed, you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

When, therefore, you give in charity, sound not a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward.

But when you give in charity let not your left hand know what your right hand does,

And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and at the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward.

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

Be not, therefore, like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

and bring us not into trial, but deliver us from evil.

but if you forgive not men, neither will your Father forgive your offenses.

And when you fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. I tell you truly, they have their reward.

that you may not appear to men to fast, but to your Father in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where a moth and corrosion destroy, and where thieves dig through and steal.

But lay up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither a moth nor corrosion destroys, and where thieves dig not through nor steal;

On this account I tell you, be not anxious for your soul, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on, is not the soul more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Look at the birds of heaven; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into store-houses; but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, men of little faith?

Be not anxious, therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or with what shall we be clothed?

For after all these things the gentiles seek; and your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

Be not anxious, therefore, for to-morrow, for to-morrow will be anxious for its; sufficient for the day is its evil.

Judge not, that you be not judged;

And why do you see a speck in your brother's eye, and not consider a beam in your own eye?

Give not a holy thing to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and turn and rend you.

Every tree which bears not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of my Father in heaven.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name performed many mighty works?

and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on the rock.

And every one who hears these words of mine and performs them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand;

for he taught them as having authority, and not as their scribes.

And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that you should come under my roof; but only say the word and my servant will be cured.

Jesus hearing wondered and said to those that followed him, I tell you truly, I have not found so great a faith with any one in Israel;

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have places of shelter, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

And hearing it he said, The well need not a physician, but the sick.

Go and learn what this means: I wish for mercy and not a sacrifice; for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples fast not?

said, Go away; for the girl is not dead, but asleep. And they derided him.

These twelve Jesus sent out and charged them, saying; Go not into a way of gentiles, and enter not into a city of Samaritans,

Take not gold, nor silver, nor copper for your purses,

and if the house is worthy, your blessing shall come upon it; but if the house is not worthy, your blessing shall return to you.

And if any one does not receive you, nor hear your words, when you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.

But when they have delivered you up be not anxious how you shall speak, or what you shall say, for it shall be given you in that hour what to say;

for it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you.

And when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For I tell you truly, that you will not finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man shall come.

A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

Fear them not, therefore, for there is nothing concealed that shall not be revealed, nor hid that shall not be known.

And fear not those who kill the body and are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion [1.5 mills]? and one of them cannot fall to the ground without your Father.

Fear not, therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows.

Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I have not come to send peace, but a sword.

He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

and he that does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

and blessed is he that is not offended with me.

I tell you truly, there has not arisen among those born of woman a greater than John the Baptist; but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

and say, We have played on pipes for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned, and you have not lamented.

Then he began to rebuke those cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they changed not their minds.

And the Pharisees seeing it, said to him, Behold, your disciples do what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him?

how he entered into the house of God and eat the show bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but only for the priests?

Or have you not read in the law, that the priests profane the sabbath in the temple, and are blameless?

But if you had known what, I wish for mercy and not a sacrifice, means, you would not have condemned the innocent;

And he said to them, What man is there of you having one sheep, who if this falls into a pit on the sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

and charged them not to make him known;

He shall not strive nor cry aloud, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and a smoking flax shall be not extinguish, till he sends forth judgment to victory.

But the Pharisees hearing it, said, This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, a ruler of the demons.

He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

Therefore, I tell you, every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven men.

And if one speaks a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but if one speaks against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven him either in this life or in that to come.

And some fell on rocky places, where it had not much earth, and it came up immediately, because it had no depth of earth;

And he answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given;

for whoever has, to him shall be also given, and he shall abound; but whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even what he has.

For this reason I speak to them in parables; because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand.

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says; Hearing you shall hear and not understand, and seeing you shall see and not perceive;

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.