The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. After his mother, Mary, had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

Now when Joseph awoke from his sleep he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife home,

After the birth of Jesus, which took place at Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod, lo! certain Magi arrived in Jerusalem, saying.

Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and make careful inquiry about the child, and as soon as you have found him bring me word, that I, too, may go and worship him."

So Joseph arose, took the child and his mother, by night, and departed to Egypt.

So he rose and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Then the devil took him up into the Holy City and stood him on the parapet of the temple,

Then the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and showed all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them,

that the word spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, He took upon himself our weaknesses, and bore the burden of our diseases.

When, however, the crowd had been driven out, he went in and took her hand, and the little girl woke up.

"And you too, Capernaum! Will you be exalted even to heaven? You shall go down to the Place of Death! For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which have been done in you, it would have remained until this day.

"Have you not read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he was hungry, and his men, too?

On that same day, after Jesus had left the house, he took his seat on the seashore;

For the heart of his people is made fat, Their ears are dull of hearing; Their eyes, too, have they closed, Lest some day their eyes should perceive, And their ears should hear, And their heart should understand and turn, And I should heal them.

He set forth to them another parable, saying. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard-seed which a man took and planted in his field.

He told them another parable. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened."

the head was brought on a dish, and given to the young girl, who took it to her mother.

And they all ate and were fully satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained, twelve basketfuls.

On leaving that place Jesus went along the shore of the Sea of Galilee; and after climbing a hill, took his seat there.

he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, then he broke them and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.

"Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many large basketfuls you took up?

"Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many large basketfuls you took up?

Then Peter took him aside and began to reprove him, saying. "God forbid, Master! That shall never befall you."

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John, and led them up a high mountain, by themselves apart.

"And as they took it they began to grumble against the master of the house.

When Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve aside by themselves, and as they went he said to them.

"So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might ensnare him during conversation.

"You say, too, that whoever swears by the offering that is upon it, his oath is binding.

"Then will the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

The foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them;

but the wise took oil in their flasks with their lamps.

"'For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;

"I was a stranger, and you took me not in; naked, and you clothed me not; sick, or in prison, and you visited me not.'

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is my body."

And he took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, and began to be in anguish and sore distress,

And when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, how they might put him to death.

The chief priests took the money, and said, "It would be wrong to put it into the temple-treasury, because it is the price of blood."

Then was fulfilled the word spoken by the prophet Jeremiah. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who had been priced, whom certain of the Children of Israel had priced;

So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it."

Then the soldiers of the Governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered all the battalion together.

And they spit upon him, and took the reed and struck him on the head, again and again.

At last, when they had finished their mocking, they took the robe off, and put his own garments on him, and led him away to crucify him.

In like manner the chief priests, too, with the Scribes and elders, kept taunting him.

At once, one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filling it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

So Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and after rolling a great stone against the opening of the tomb, he went away.

So the soldiers took the money, and did as they were told; and this story has been noised abroad among the Jews, and continues to this day.