and she shall bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.

and coming into the house they saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they presented him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

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

And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy it.

and was there till the death of Herod; that the word might be fulfilled, which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying; Out of Egypt have I called my son.

But hearing that Archelaus reigned over Judea in the place of Herod his father, he was afraid to go there; but being divinely instructed in a dream, he departed into the parts of Galilee,

and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.

Again the devil took him away on a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,

And they left their nets, immediately, and followed him.

And going forward thence, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

And he went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.

If, therefore, you offer your gift on the altar, and there remember that your brother has any thing against you,

leave there your gift before the altar, and go and first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

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.

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.

For if you forgive men their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you;

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.

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;

for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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.

Or is there any man of you, who, if his son asks bread of him, will give him a stone?

Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate; and spacious the way which leads to destruction, and many are they that enter in by it;

You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns? or figs from thistles?

By their fruits, therefore, you shall know them.

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

but the children of the kingdom shall be cast into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

And behold there was a great tempest on the lake, so that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was asleep.

And he said to them, Why are you afraid, men of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the lake, and there was a great calm.

And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

And behold all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him they besought him to depart from their bounds.

and behold they brought him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Son, be of good courage; your sins are forgiven.

And Jesus observing their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil in your hearts?

Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it to you;

and their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them strictly, saying, See that no one knows it.

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease, and every infirmity.

and into whatever city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till you leave.

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

And a brother shall deliver a brother to death, and a father a son; and children shall rise up against their parents and put them to death;

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

And when Jesus had finished his charge to his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.

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.

To what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets, who call to their companions,

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

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

AT that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pick the heads and eat.

And departing thence he went into their synagogue,

and behold a man having a withered hand [was there]. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

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?

But knowing their thoughts, he said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed; and no city or house divided against itself can stand.

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

The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they changed their minds at the preaching of Jonah; and behold a greater than Jonah is here.

But when the impure spirit has gone out of a man, it goes through dry places seeking a rest, and finds none.

Then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits worse than itself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be also with this evil generation.

for the hearts of this people have become hard, and they hear imperfectly with their ears, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should heal them.

He spoke another parable to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

and cast them into a furnace of fire; and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.

and cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

and coming to his native country he taught them in their synagogues, so that they were astonished and said, Whence has this man this wisdom and these mighty works?

and he did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.

And going out he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and cured their sick.

And having dismissed the multitudes, he went on a mountain by himself to pray. And when it was evening he was there alone.

Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, for they wash not their hands when they eat bread?

This people honors me with the lips, but their heart is far from me.

But she said, Yes, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

And returning thence Jesus came to the lake of Galilee, and going up on the mountain sat down there.

And Jesus calling his disciples, said, I pity the multitude, for it is now three days that they have continued with me, and they have nothing to eat; I will not dismiss them fasting lest they faint by the way.

And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elijah conversing with him.

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you please, we will make here three tabernacles, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

And when they heard this the disciples fell on their faces, and were greatly afraid.

And lifting up their eyes they saw no man, except Jesus alone.

He said, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive taxes, or a tribute? From their children, or from strangers?

See that you despise not one of these little ones; for I tell you that their angels always behold the face of my Father in heaven.

But if he does not hear you, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established;

for where two or three are assembled together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Then his fellow-servants seeing what was done, were greatly displeased, and went and related to their lord all things that were done.

and great multitudes followed him, and he cured them there.

For there are eunuchs from birth, who were born so from their mother; and there are eunuchs who are made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is able to receive [this doctrine] let him receive it.

And again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes; and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him.

And a vast multitude spread their garments in the way, and others cut branches from the trees and scattered them in the way;

And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

and seeing a fig tree by the way he went to it, and found nothing on it, except leaves only, and he said to it, Let there be no fruit on you forever. And the fig tree immediately withered,

Hear another parable: There was a man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge around it, and dug a wine vat in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

They said to him, He will inflict on those men a miserable death, and let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.

And the king was angry, and sent his armies and destroyed those murderers, and burnt up their city.

And the king coming in to see the guests observed there a man who had not on a wedding garment,

Then the king said to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and cast him into the darkness outside. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, and care not for any man; for you regard not the face of men.

Jesus knowing their wickedness, said, Why do you hypocrites try me?

On that day the Sadducees came to him, who say there is no resurrection, and asked him,

Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first married, and died; and having no children he left his wife to his brother;

All things therefore which they tell you, do and keep. But do not their works. For they say and do not,

but bind heavy burdens and put them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.

And they do all their works to be seen by men. For they make broad their prayer fillets, and enlarge the fringes,