And the whole of this has been that it might be completed having been spoken by the prophet, saying,

And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus has it been written by the prophet:

And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, by no means art thou least among the leaders of Judah for out of thee shall come forth the leader, who shall feed my people.

And they having heard the king went forth; and, behold the star they saw in the sunrising, it led before them, till having come, it stood above where the young child was.

And was there till the death of Herod: that it might be completed having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

And having come, he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be completed spoken by the prophets, That he shall be called a Nazarite.

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all round about Jordan;

And now also the axe lies at the root of the trees; therefore every one not making good fruit is cut off and cast into fire.

Whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the store; but he will burn down the chaff in inextinguishable fire.

And Jesus having answered said to him, Permit now; for so it is suitable for us to complete all justice: then he permitted him.

And he having answered, said, It has been written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word going forth through the mouth of God.

And says to him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down; for it has been written, That to his messengers he will command concerning thee; and in the hands shall they lift thee up, lest that perhaps thou strike thy foot against a stone.

Jesus said to him, Again has it been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Then says Jesus to him, Retire, Satan; for it has been written, The Lord thy God shalt thou worship, and him alone shalt thou serve.

That it might be completed having been spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,

Happy they driven out for justice: for their's is the kingdom of the heavens.

Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake.

Rejoice and be transported with joy; for much your reward in the heavens for so they drove out the prophets which before you.

Ye are the salt of the earth: and if the salt be rendered insipid, with what shall it be salted? it is yet strong for nothing, except to be cast without, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Neither do they burn a light, and set it under a basket, but upon a chandelier: and it shines to all in the house.

For verily I say to you, Till heaven pass away, and earth, one iota, or one mark, should not pass away from the law, till all should be

Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill: and whoever should kill shall be subject to judgment:

Verily I say to thee, Thou shouldst not come out thence, even till, thou shouldst give back the last fourth.

Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

And if thine eye give thee cause of offence, take it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members be destroyed, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

And if thy right hand give thee cause of offence, cut it off, and cast from thee; for it is profitable to thee, that one of thy members should be destroyed; and not thy whole body should be cast into hell.

And it was said, That whosoever should loose his wife, let him give her a repudiation.

Again, ye have heard, that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not swear a false oath, and thou shalt. return to the Lord thine oaths.

But I say to you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, it is the throne of God:

Neither by the earth; for it is the footstool of his feet: neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great kings

Neither shouldst thou swear by thy head, for thou cant not make one hair white or black.

Ye have heard, that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.

But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out.

For if ye love them loving you, what reward. have you? do not also the tax collectors the same?

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye above ordinary? and do not the tax collectors the same?

But thou doing alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right does:

Therefore make not yourselves like them: for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye ask him.

For this I say to you, Be not anxious about your soul, what ye eat, and what ye drink; nor about your body, what ye put on. Is not the soul more than food, and the body than dress?

Which of you, being anxious, can add one cubit to his size?

And about dress, why are ye anxious? Consider the white lilies of the field, how they grow; they are not wearied, neither do they spin:

Therefore be ye not anxious, saying: What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, What shall we put round us?

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye measure, it shall be repaid to you.

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let go I will cast out the mote from thine eye: and behold a beam in thine eye.

Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam from thine eye, and thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote from thy brother's eye.

Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Or what man is of you, which, if his son ask bread, he will not give him a stone?

Enter ye in through the strait gate, for broad the gate and spacious the way leading to destruction, and many are they coming in through it.

For strait the gate and afflicted the way leading into life, and few are they finding it.

By their fruits shall ye know them. Far from it, do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from caltrops

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have we cast out evil spirits, and in thy name done many powers?

And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew, and fell upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.

And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew and struck upon that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.

And it was when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were struck with amazement at his teaching:

But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth.

And Jesus said to the captain of a hundred, Retire; as thou hast believed, let it be to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour.

And evening being come, they brought him many possessed with evil spirits: and he east out the spirits by the word, and cured all having evils:

And the men admired, saying, Of what race is this for the winds and the sea listen to him.

And he having come beyond the country of the Gergesenes, two possessed with evil spirits, coming out of the tombs, met him, very rough, so that not any could pass by that way.

And, behold, they cried out., saying, What to us and thee, Jesus, Son of God? hast thou come here to torture us before the time

And the evil spirits besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.

For why is it easier to say, Sins are let go to thee; or say, Arise and walk?

And it was he sitting at table in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinful, having come, sat at table with Jesus and his disciples.

And the Pharisees, seeing, said to his disciples, Wherefore does your teacher eat with tax collectors and the sinful?

And having gone, learn what is this, I wish mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the just, but the sinful to repentance.

Neither do they cast new wine into old wineskins: but if otherwise, the wine-skins burst, and the wine is poured out, and the wine-skins are destroyed; but they cast new wine into new wine-skins, and they are both preserved.

And Jesus passing from thence, two blind ones followed him, crying out and saying, Commiserate us, O son of David.

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

But they, having gone out, divulged it in that, whole land.

And the demon being cast out, the dumb, spake, and the crowd admired, saying, It was never so brought to light in Israel.

But the Pharisees said, By the chief of demons he casts out demons.

And having called his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every weakness.

Cure the sick, cleanse the leprous, rouse the dead, cast out demons; as a gift ye have received, as a gift give.

And to whatever city or town ye should come in, examine who in it is worthy; and there remain till ye go forth.

And entering into a house, do ye greet it.

And if the house should be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy let your peace return to you.

And whoever should not receive you, nor hear your words, coming out of that house or that city, shake off the cloud of the dust of your feet.

Verily I say to you, it shall be more supportable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

And when they deliver you up, have no care how or what ye should speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.

And when they drive you out in this city, flee ye to another; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man come.

What I say to you in darkness, speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the houses.

For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the bride against her mother-in-law.

He finding his soul shall lose it; and he having lost his soul for my sake shall find it.

And it was when Jesus finished ordering his twelve disciples, he went away from thence to teach and proclaim in all their cities.

And Jesus having answered said to them, Having gone, announce to John what ye hear and see:

And these going forth, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What went ye forth into the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

But what went ye out to see? A man clad in soft garments? but they having soft things are in king's houses.

But what went ye out to see? A prophet? yes, I say to you, and more eminent than a prophet.

For this is he for whom it was Written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

From the days of John the Immerser till now the kingdom of the heavens is achieved by force, and they committing violence seize it eagerly.

To what shall I liken this generation I it is like little boys sitting in market-places, and calling to their companions,

But I say to you, To Tyre and Sidon shall it be more supportable in the day of judgment, than to you.

But I say to you, That to the land of Sodom it shall be more supportable in the day of judgment, than to you.

Yes, Father: for so was it benevolence before thee.

In that time Jesus went in the sabbaths through the standing corn and his disciples were hungry, and begen to pluck the ears, end eat.

And the Pharisees, seeing, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not lawful to do in the sabbath.

And he said to them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they with him;

How he went into the house of God, and ate the loaves of setting up, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor those with him, but for the priests alone?

And if ye knew what it is, I will mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent.

And, behold, there was a man having the hand withered. And they asked him saying, Is it lawful to cure in the sabbaths? that they might expose him.