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 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.

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.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.

But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali:

But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?

But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?

And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.

Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

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.

For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing:

Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

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 he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.

Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.

For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

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 went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

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.

He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

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.

The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,

The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

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

And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

And they all took of the food and had enough: and they took up twelve baskets full of broken bits which were not used.

And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.

But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.

But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.

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

But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.

And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.

Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take?

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,

Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

Master, which is the chief rule in the law?

All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.

You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.

When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.

Then says he to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: keep watch with me here.

And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

And Jesus said to him, Friend, do that for which you have come. Then they came and put hands on Jesus, and took him.

But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you?

Then came true that which was said by Jeremiah the prophet, And they took the thirty bits of silver, the price of him who was valued by the children of Israel;

But the ruler made answer and said to them, Which of the two is it your pleasure that I let go free? And they said, Barabbas.

Now the captain and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earth-shock and the things which were done, were in great fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.

And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.

Now, while they were going, some of the watchmen came into the town and gave news to the chief priests of all the things which had taken place.

Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.