But Joseph her husband, because he was just a man and unwilling to disgrace her, was minded to put her away secretly.

but did not live with her until after the birth of her son, whom he called Jesus.

But because they were forbidden by God in a dream to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another route.

When they were gone an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying; "Rise! Take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and there remain until I bring you word; for Herod intends to make a search for the child, in order to put him to death."

As soon as Herod saw that he had been mocked by the Magi, he was furious. He sent and put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and all the neighborhood who were two years old or under, in accordance with the date which he had ascertained from the Magi.

But after Herod's death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there; and being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into Galilee and settled in a town called Nazareth,

But when John saw that many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were coming for baptism, he said: "O brood of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

I indeed am baptizing you in water, unto repentance; but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse the threshing-floor. He will store his wheat in the granary, but will burn up the chaff in unquenchable fire."

But he tried to prevent him. "It is I," he said, "who need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?"

But Jesus answered, "Permit it now, for so it is fitting for us to fulfill every religious duty."

So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread."

Jesus answered him, "It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."

As he went farther on he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.

They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt lose its savor, in what way shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing but to be thrown out and trodden under foot of men.

"nor do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the lamp-stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

"Do not suppose that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am come not to destroy, but to fulfil.

"So whoever breaks one of these least commandments, and teaches others to break them, will be least in the kingdom of heaven. But he who keeps them and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

but I say to you that he who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to condemnation by the court; and he who says to his brother 'Raca,' shall be liable to condemnation by the Sanhedrin, while he who curses his brother shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.

"I tell you truly that you would certainly not get out from there until you had paid back the last cent.

But I say to you that whoever looks with lust at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

And if your eye, your right eye, entices you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit.

And if your right hand entices you into sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit.

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress, and whoever marries her when so divorced, commits adultery.

"Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, "You must not forswear yourselves, but must perform your vows to the Lord.

"But I say to you, swear not at all; neither by the sky, for it is God's throne;

"But let your word be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the Evil One.

"But I tell you not to retaliate the injury; but whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also;

"But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.

"But when you give alms, do not let your right hand know what your left is doing,

"But you, when you pray, go into your own room and shut your door; pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One; For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Amen.

"but if you do not forgive men your offenses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your offenses.

"But when one of you fasts, let him anoint his head and wash his face,

"so that he may not appear to men to be fasting, but to his Father who is in secret; and his Father who sees in secret will reward him.

"but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

"but if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be darkened. If then the very light within you is darkness, how dense is that darkness!

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

"But continue to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

"but the gate is narrow and the road is steep, which leads to life, and they are few who find it.

"Beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are ravening wolves.

"No, every good tree bears good fruit, but a worthless tree bears bad fruit.

"A good tree cannot bear bad fruit; neither can a worthless tree bear good fruit.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon the house, but it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.

"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, as an evidence to them."

"Lord, "said the captain in reply, "I am not worthy to have you under my roof, but speak the word only, and my slave will be cured,

"but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth."

"Foxes have their holes," answered Jesus, "and wild birds their roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head."

Then he went in board a fishing-boat, his disciples accompanying him;

and behold, a sudden storm arose on the sea, so that the boat began to be buried by the waves.

But he was asleep. And they came and woke him, saying. "Lord save us! We are drowning!"

But the men were amazed, saying, "What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?"

And here they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, "Courage, son, your sins are forgiven."

"But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins"??e then says to the paralytic, "Rise, take up your bed, and go to your home."

But all the crowd were awestruck, and glorified God, who had given such power to men.

"It is not those who are well," said Jesus, when he heard this, "but the sick, who need a doctor.

"But go and learn what this means, "It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice; for I am come not to call just men, but sinners."

"Can the friends fast at a wedding-feast," said Jesus, "so long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom has been taken from them, and then they will fast.

"No one ever sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old cloak. If they did, the patch put on to fill it up would tear away from the cloak, and the rent be made worse.

"Nor do they put new wine into old wine-skins; if they did, the wine-skins would split, the wine would run out, and the skins be ruined. Instead, they put new wine into fresh wine-skins and both are preserved."

As he was saying these words to them, a ruler came up and knelt before him, saying. "My daughter has just died; but come, put your hand upon her, and she will live."

But a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him, and touched the tassel of his cloak.

But Jesus turned and saw her and said, "Be of good courage, daughter, your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that hour.

But they went and published his fame in that whole region.

But the Pharisees kept saying, "It is in the power of the Prince of the demons that he is casting out demons."

And he said to his disciples. "The harvest is great, but the laborers are few;

"but rather be on your way to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

"and if the house is worthy let your blessing sit upon it; but if it be unworthy, let your blessing return to you.

"But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues.

"But whenever they apprehend you, do not be anxious about how you shall speak or what you shall say; for it will be given you in that very hour what to say.

"For it will not be you who is speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

"And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against their parents and put them to death.

"But when they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. In solemn truth I tell you that you shall not have completed the cities of Israel, before the Son of man comes.

"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

"But whoever disowns me before men, I also will disown before my Father who is in heaven.

"Do not suppose that I am come to bring peace on the earth; I am come not to bring peace, but a sword.

But when John heard, in the prison, what the Christ was doing, he sent by some of his disciples to ask him,

"But why did you go? To see a prophet? I tell you, yes, and more than a prophet;

"saying. 'We have piped to you and you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not beaten your breasts.'

But the Pharisees, when they perceived it, said to him. "Look! Your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"

"How he went into the House of God, and there they ate the loaves of the Presence, which neither he nor his men were permitted to eat, but the priests only?

"But I tell you that One is here who is greater than the temple.

"Is there a man of you," he replied, "who has but a single sheep, who will not lay hold of it and lift it out, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day?

The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

He cured them all; but he strictly forbade them to blaze abroad his doings,

"But if it is in the power of the Spirit of God is already upon you.

"Therefore I tell you that every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven.

"And if any man say a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in that which is to come.

"A good man out of his good treasure brings forth good; and from his evil treasure a bad man brings out evil.

"Whenever an unclean spirit leaves a man, it wanders through waterless places, seeking rest but finding none.

But he answered the man who told him, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?"

and such a great crowd gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the crowd stood on the beach.

but when the sun rose it was scorched, and withered away because it had no root.

But some fell on good soil, and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.

"For whoever holds, to him shall more be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever does not hold, from him shall be taken away even what he holds.