Then Joseph, on waking up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took to him his wife;

and when they had come into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and did homage to him; and opening their treasures, they presented him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

But when Herod was dead, lo! an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

saying, Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel; for they who sought the childs life are dead.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven; for so did they persecute the prophets that were before you.

And if God so clothes the herbage of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, will he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name work many miracles?

But he saith to him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

said, Withdraw; for the girl is not dead, but is sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons; freely ye received, freely give.

The blind receive sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised, and to the poor good tidings are brought;

But why did ye go out? to see a man clothed in soft raiment? Lo! they that wear soft clothing are in kings houses.

But why did ye go out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

and say, We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we sung a dirge, and ye did not lament.

Then he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his miracles were done, because they did not repent.

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did, when he and those who were with him were hungry?

Truly do I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and did not see them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear them.

He said to them, An enemy did this. The servants say to him, Dost thou wish then that we go and gather them up?

Did ye understand all these things? They say to him, Yea.

And he did not work many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he hath risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him.

Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying,

But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant will be rooted up.

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying Send her away, for she is crying out after us.

And in the morning, A storm today! for the sky is red and lowering. Ye know how to judge of the face of the sky, and can ye not discern the signs of the times?

Then they understood, that he did not bid them beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon, son of Jonah; for flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell what hath been seen to no one, until the Son of man hath risen from the dead.

But I say to you, that Elijah hath already come, and they knew him not, but did with him whatever they would. So also is the Son of man to suffer by them.

And if it happen that he find it, truly do I say to you, he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninetynine that did not go astray.

Then that servant fell down and did obeisance to him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

They say to him, Why then did Moses ordain that a man may give his wife a writing of divorcement, and put her away?

Again going out about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise.

And the disciples o went, and did as Jesus bade them,

But the chief priests and the scribes, when they saw the wonderful things which he did, and the children that were crying out in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, were much displeased;

and said to him, Dost thou hear what these say? But Jesus saith to them, Yea; did ye never read, "From the mouth of babes and sucklings thou didst prepare praise"?

And the disciples seeing it, marveled, saying, How suddenly did the figtree wither!

The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him?

But what think ye? A man had two sons: he came to the first, and said, Son, go, work today in the vineyard.

Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith to them, Truly do I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

For John came to you as a preacher of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; and ye, when ye had seen it, did not afterward repent, that ye might believe him.

Jesus saith to them, Did ye never read in the Scriptures, "The stone which the builders rejected, the same hath become the cornerstone; from the Lord did this come, and it is marvelous in our eyes?"

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

"I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob"? He is not a God of the dead, but of the living.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of dead mens bones, and of all uncleanness.

But his lord answered and said to him, Wicked and slothful servant! Didst thou know that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter seed?

or when did we see thee sick, or in prison, and come to thee?

And the king will answer and say to them, Truly do I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.

Then will they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?

Then will he answer them, saying, Truly do I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

And Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? For she hath done a good deed to me.

And the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and made ready the passover.

In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, Ye have come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take me; I sat daily teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hands on me.

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him away, and say to the people, He hath risen from the dead; and the last error will be worse than the first.

And for fear of him the keepers shook, and became as dead men.

And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he hath risen from the dead, and, lo! he is going before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him. Lo! I have told you.

So they took the money, and did as they were taught. And this story hath been commonly reported among the Jews to this day.