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;

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

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 Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;

For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.

Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had the power of talking: and they were all surprised, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.

And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain.

Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.

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.

All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

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.

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

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?

And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

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.

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 them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.

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?

Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;

If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.

In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.

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.

So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.

And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.

There is nothing covered which will not be seen openly, and nothing has been made secret which will not come to light.

Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

And they came to Jesus, and saw the man in whom had been the evil spirits seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, and they were full of fear.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

The woman, shaking with fear, conscious of what had been done to her, came and, falling on her face before him, gave him a true account of everything.

And the twelve came together to Jesus; and they gave him an account of all the things they had done, and all they had been teaching.

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.

And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.

And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.

I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.

And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.

Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

But to be seated at my right hand or at my left is not for me to give: but it is for those for whom it has been made ready.

And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

For this reason I say to you, Whatever you make a request for in prayer, have faith that it has been given to you, and you will have it.

For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.

But some of them were angry among themselves, saying, For what purpose has this oil been wasted?

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.

Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely.

And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.

And Pilate was surprised that he was dead; and, sending for the captain, he put a question to see if he had been dead for long.

And he got a linen cloth and, taking him down, put the linen cloth round him, and put him in a place for the dead which had been cut out of a rock; and a stone was rolled against the door.

And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.

And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

She went and gave news of it to those who had been with him, while they were sorrowing and weeping.

And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.

As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with you, to whom special grace has been given; the Lord is with you.

And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.

And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.

Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,

And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need.

And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.

And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.

And see, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he gives a cry, twisted in pain and streaming at the lips, and when it goes away from him at last, he is marked as from blows.

A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair and clean.