Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying,

But Herod the king having heard of it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

Then Herod, having secretly called the magi, inquired of them accurately the time of the star that was appearing;

And they having heard the king went their way; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them until it came and stood over the place where the little child was.

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

Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to thee the little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it.

And he was there until the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.

A voice has been heard in Rama, weeping, and great lamentation: Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

But Herod having died, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

but having heard that 'Archelaus reigns over Judaea, instead of Herod his father,' he was afraid to go there; and having been divinely instructed in a dream, he went away into the parts of Galilee,

But having heard that John was delivered up, he departed into Galilee:

Blessed the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill; but whosoever shall kill shall be subject to the judgment.

Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt not commit adultery.

But I say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Again, ye have heard that it has been said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt render to the Lord what thou hast sworn.

Ye have heard that it has been said, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.

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

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

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

And when Jesus heard it, he wondered, and said to those who followed, Verily I say unto you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

Now there was, a great way off from them, a herd of many swine feeding;

and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

And he said to them, Go. And they, going out, departed into the herd of swine; and lo, the whole herd of swine rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the waters.

But John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent by his disciples,

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;

But the Pharisees, having heard it, said, This man does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons.

Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;

And Jesus, having heard it, went away thence by ship to a desert place apart. And the crowds having heard of it followed him on foot from the cities.

This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;

But the young man, having heard the word, went away grieved, for he had large possessions.

And when the disciples heard it they were exceedingly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved?

And the ten, having heard of it, were indignant about the two brothers.

And lo, two blind men, sitting by the wayside, having heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out saying, Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David.

And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.

And when the king heard of it he was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

And when they heard him, they wondered, and left him, and went away.

And when the crowds heard it they were astonished at his doctrine.

But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together.

And he said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.

but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.

But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,

And he also that had received the one talent coming to him said, My lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has blasphemed: what need have we any more of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy.

And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls for Elias.