Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this way (for His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph) before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

Now all this happened so that might be fulfilled that which was spoken of the LORD by the prophet, saying,

For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight."

And lo, a voice from Heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Therefore pray in this way: Our Father, who is in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

Give us this day our daily bread;

Therefore all things, whatever you desire that men should do to you, do even so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. 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.

But the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

And lo, some of the scribes said within themselves, This one blasphemes.

But go and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

And this report went out into all that land.

And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to Him, Yes, Lord.

And when the demon had been cast out, the dumb one spoke. And multitudes marveled, saying, Never was it seen like this in Israel!

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another; for truly I say to you, In no way shall you have finished the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

For this is the one of whom it is written, "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You."

And if you will receive it, this is Elijah who is to come.

But to what shall I compare to this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets and calling to their playmates,

And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to the heaven, shall be brought down to hell. For if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

But I say to you that One greater than the temple is in this place.

But if you had known what this is, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice," you would not have condemned those who are not guilty.

And behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths? This so that they might accuse Him.

And all the people were amazed and said, Is not this the son of David?

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

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this world or in the world to come.

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they repented at the proclaiming of Jonah, and behold, One greater than Jonah is here.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the Judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, One greater than Solomon is here.

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so it also shall be to this evil generation.

for this people's heart has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

When anyone hears the Word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown by the wayside.

But that which was sown on the stony places is this: he who hears the Word and immediately receives it with joy.

And that sown into the thorns is this: he who hears the Word; and the anxiety of this world, and the deceit of riches, choke the Word, and he becomes unfruitful.

But that sown on the good ground is this: he who hears the Word and understands; who also bears fruit and produces one truly a hundredfold; and one sixty; and one thirty.

He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and gather them up?

Therefore as the darnel are gathered and burned in the fire, so it shall be in the end of this world.

And when He had come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so much so that they were astonished and said, From where does this man have this wisdom and these mighty works?

Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas,

and his sisters, are they not all with us? Then from where does this man have all these things?

and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and therefore the powerful works are working in him.

"This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.

Then His disciples came and said to Him, Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?

Then Peter answered and said to Him, Explain this parable to us.

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Then Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him, saying, God be gracious to You, Lord! This shall never be to You.

While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And behold a voice out of the cloud which said, This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear Him.

And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from here to there. And it shall move. And nothing shall be impossible to you.

However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.

Therefore whoever shall humble himself like this little child, this one is the greater in the kingdom of Heaven.

and said, For this cause a man shall leave father and mother and shall cling to his wife, and the two of them shall be one flesh?

His disciples said to Him, If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not good to marry.

But He said to them, Not all receive this word, except those to whom it is given.

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

Take yours, and go; I will give to this last one the same as to you.

All this was done so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

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

Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, you shall not only do this miracle of the fig tree, but also; if you shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be thrown into the sea; it shall be done.

And when He had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority?

But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and get hold of his inheritance.

Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, "The stone which the builders rejected, this One has become the head of the corner; this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?"

And he who falls on this Stone shall be broken, but on whomever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

And He said to them, Whose image and inscription is this?

And when the crowd heard this, they were astonished at His doctrine.

This is the first and great commandment.

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

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in all the world as a witness to all nations. And then the end shall come.

for then shall be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor ever shall be.

Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass until all these things are fulfilled.

But know this, that if the steward of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be dug through.

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

For this ointment might have been sold for very much and given to the poor.

Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be proclaimed in the whole world, that which this woman has done shall be spoken of also, for a memorial of her.

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is My body.

For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom.

Then Jesus said to them, All of you will be offended because of Me this night. For it is written, "I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad."

Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that this night, before the cock crows, you shall deny Me three times.

And He went a little further and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.

He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.

But all this happened that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples fled, forsaking Him.

and said, This one said, I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.

Jesus said to him, You said it. I tell you more. From this time you shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.

And when he had gone out into the porch, another saw him and said to those there, This one was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

Therefore that field was called, The Field of Blood, to this day.

But when Pilate saw that it gained nothing, but rather that a tumult was made, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. You see to it.

And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They forced this one to carry His cross.

And they put up over His head His accusation, written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Some of those who stood there, when they heard, said, This one calls for Elijah.

But the centurion and those guarding Jesus, seeing the earthquake, and the things that took place, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this One was Son of God.

And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free from care.

And taking the silver, they did as they were taught. And this saying was spread among the Jews until today.