The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers;

And the sons of Judah were Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and the son of Perez was Hezron; and the son of Hezron was Ram;

And the son of Ram was Amminadab; and the son of Amminadab was Nahshon; and the son of Nahshon was Salmon;

And the son of Salmon by Rahab was Boaz; and the son of Boaz by Ruth was Obed; and the son of Obed was Jesse;

And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of Rehoboam was Abijah; and the son of Abijah was Asa;

And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah;

And the son of Uzziah was Jotham; and the son of Jotham was Ahaz; and the son of Ahaz was Hezekiah;

And the son of Hezekiah was Manasseh; and the son of Manasseh was Amon; and the son of Amon was Josiah;

And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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 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 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.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

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 Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord came in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

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.

And he came and was living in a town named Nazareth: so that the word of the prophets might come true, He will be named a Nazarene.

Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.

You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

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 he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean.

And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,

And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.

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 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?

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.

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.

But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.

But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.

Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

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.

Then said he to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and it was made as well as the other.

So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

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.

While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him.

On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.

And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

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.

That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

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

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.

And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;

And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.

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.

But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.

Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.

How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word that he was the Christ.

And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.

While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it went out of him: and the boy was made well from that hour.

And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.

Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.

And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,

And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?

And he went away from them, and went out of the town to Bethany, and was there for the night.

Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.