Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this way. For his mother Mary, who was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found having in her womb from Holy Spirit.

Behold, the virgin will have in her womb, and will bring forth a son. And they will call his name Immanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us.

And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea. For thus it is written through the prophet,

And when they heard the king, they departed. And lo, the star that they saw in the east went before them until, having come, it stood over where the child was.

And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

And having come into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down, they worshiped him. And having opened their treasures, they brought to him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

And divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by another way.

Now after they departed, behold, an agent of Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, After rising, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and thou be there until I tell thee, for Herod is going to seek the child to

A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children. And she did not want to be comforted, because they are not.

and they were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

And he says to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He will command his agents about thee, and, They will take thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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

And straightaway having left the nets, they followed him.

And straightaway having left the boat and their father, they followed him.

And his fame went forth into all Syria. And they brought to him all those faring badly with various diseases, and gripped with pain, and being demon-possessed, and being lunatic, and paralyzed. And he healed them.

Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted.

Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.

Blessed are the merciful, because they will obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart, because they will see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.

Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for so they persecuted the prophets before you.

nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the lampstand, and it shines to all in the house.

Thus your light should shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in the heavens.

When therefore thou do charity, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love to pray having stood in the synagogues and in the corners of the thoroughfares, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

And while praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they will be heard by their much speaking.

And when ye fast, become not like the gloomy looking hypocrites, for they make their faces unsightly, so that they may appear fasting to men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Look to the birds of the sky, because they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not more valuable then they?

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin,

Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you.

Enter ye in by the narrow gate, because wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter through it.

From their fruits ye will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

And having become evening, they brought to him many being demon possessed. And he cast out the spirits by word, and healed all those faring badly,

And the disciples having approached, they awoke him, saying, Save us, Lord, we are perishing.

And behold, they cried out, saying, What is with us and thee, Jesus, Son of God? Did thou come here before the time to torment us?

And he said to them, Go. And having come out, they went into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of the swine stampeded down the slope into the sea, and perished in the waters.

And those who tended them fled, and having gone into the city, they told everything, also the things of the men being demon possessed.

And behold, the whole city came out to a meeting with Jesus. And having seen him, they besought him that he would depart from their regions.

And behold, they brought to him a paralyzed man who was placed on a bed. And having seen their faith Jesus said to the paralyzed man, Cheer up, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.

But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, who gave such authority to men.

And it came to pass while he relaxed in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinners having come, they were sitting with Jesus and his disciples.

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?

And Jesus said to them, The sons of the wedding hall cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them. But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Neither do they put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins will perish. But they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.

he says to them, Depart, for the little girl did not die, but sleeps. And they ridiculed him.

And when he came into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yes, Lord.

But having departed, they widely proclaimed him in all that land.

And after they departed, behold, they brought to him a mute man possessed with a demon.

But when he saw the multitudes, he felt compassion for them, because they were troubled and dejected, as sheep having no shepherd.

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

But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye should speak, for it will be given you in that hour what ye will speak.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other, for truly I say to you, ye will, no, not have completed the cities of Israel, until the Son of man comes.

It is enough for the pupil that he becomes like his teacher, and the bondman like his lord. If they have called the house-ruler Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.

Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works occurred, because they did not repent.

Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works that occurred in you occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not permitted to do upon the Sabbath.

And behold, there was a man having a withered hand. And they interrogated him, asking if it permitted to heal on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

But when they went out, the Pharisees held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.

And he chided them so that they would not make him known,

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Because of this they will be your judges.

But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.

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.

Then it goes, and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having enter in, they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will also be to this evil generation.

But others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much soil, and straightaway they sprang up because they had no depth of soil.

But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered.

And the disciples having come, they said to him, Why do thou speak to them in parables?

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

For this people's heart became fat, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are shut, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I will heal them.

But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

But the bondmen of the house-ruler having come, they said to him, Sir, did thou not sow good seed in thy field? From where then does it have tares?

The Son of man will send forth his agents, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing lawlessness,

which, when it was full, after dragging to the shore, having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, but they cast out the useless.

Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord.

And his sisters, are they not all near us? From where then are all these things in this man?

And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland, and in his house.

And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the multitude because they held him as a prophet.

And after coming, his disciples took up the body and buried it, and having gone, they informed Jesus.

Now when Jesus heard it, he departed from there in a boat into a desolate place in private. And when the multitudes heard of it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

And having become evening, his disciples came to him, saying, The place is desolate, and the hour is now past. Send the multitudes away, so that having gone into the villages, they may buy food for themselves.

But Jesus said to them, They have no need to depart. Give ye them to eat.

And they say to him, We have not here, except five loaves and two fishes.

And they all ate, and were filled. And they took up that which remained of the fragments, twelve baskets full.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost, and they cried out from fear.

And when they entered into the boat, the wind ceased.

And when they crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.

And when they recognized him, the men of that place sent into that whole region round about, and brought to him all those faring badly.

And they besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment. And as many as touched were healed.

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

Then having come near, his disciples said to him, Know thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard the saying?

Leave them. They are blind leaders of blind men, and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch.

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples having approached, they besought him, saying, Send her away, because she cries out behind us.

And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, crippled, and many others. And they placed them beside Jesus' feet, and he healed them,

so as for the multitudes to marvel seeing the mute speaking, the maimed healthy, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

And Jesus having summoned his disciples, he said, I feel compassion toward the multitude because they continue with me now three days and do not have what they might eat. And I do not want to dismiss them without food, lest they mi