Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

Give us this day bread for our needs.

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; 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 the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.

But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.

But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,

And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.

And Jesus, having knowledge of this, went away from there, and a great number went after him; and he made them all well,

And all the people were surprised and said, Is not this the Son of David?

But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.

And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this, said to him, Master, we are looking for a sign from you.

The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here.

The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits worse than himself, and they go in and make it their living-place: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first. Even so will it be with this evil generation.

For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?

Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.

And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.

And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.

While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.

Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?

And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.

Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to give to this last, even as to you.

Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,

And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?

And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.

And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?

But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.

Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.

Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?

And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it?

This is the first and greatest rule.

And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;

Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation

For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor.

For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.

Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out in all the world, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body.

Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.

But I say to you that from now I will not take of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I take it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.

Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that this night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done.

Again, a second time he went away, and said in prayer, O my Father, if this may not go from me without my taking it, let your pleasure be done.

But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might come true. Then all his disciples went from him in flight.

But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

And when he had gone out into the doorway, another saw him and says to those who were there, This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.

For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.

And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.

So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.

And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.

Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.

This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate gave orders for it to be given to him.

And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible.

So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.