And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was.

And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.

And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.

In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.

But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.

And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.

And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.

Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,

Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:

But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.

But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.

And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.

And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.

And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.

And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?

And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.

And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,

And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.

Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.

And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.

And while they were going away, there came to him a man without the power of talking, and with an evil spirit.

And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.

Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.

But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

And it came about that when Jesus had come to the end of giving these orders to his twelve disciples, he went away from there, teaching and preaching in their towns.

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.

Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.

And he went from there into their Synagogue:

And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

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

And in his name will the Gentiles put their hope.

And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction.

So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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.

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, goes through dry places looking for rest, and getting it not.

Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.

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.

And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.

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.

Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but the bad they put away.

And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

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?

And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.

But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.

With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.

But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table.