All the generations, therefore, from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the removal to Babylon, fourteen; and from the removal to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.

And, while thinking of these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to yourself Mary your wife; for that which was begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins."

Now all this has come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

And the king Herod, hearing it, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

and having assembled all the high-priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them, "Where the Christ should be born,"

Then Herod, seeing that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged; and, having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he exactly learned from the wise men.

Then were going forth to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round about the Jordan,

"I, indeed, immerse you in water unto repentance, but He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear, He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;

Whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly cleanse His threshing-floor, and will gather His wheat into the granary, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire."

But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness." Then He suffers Him.

Again the Devil takes Him into an exceedingly high mountain, and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

and he said to Him, "All these things will I give Thee, if, falling down, Thou wilt worship me."

And He saith to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

And Jesus was going about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

And the report of Him went forth into all Syria; and they brought to Him all having ailments, afflicted with manifold diseases and torments, demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics; and He healed them.

"Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake.

Nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand; and it gives light to all who are in the house.

For verily I say to you, till the heaven and the earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

"And, if your right eye is causing you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be cast into Hell.

"And, if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body go away into Hell.

but I say to you, Swear not at all; neither by Heaven, because it is God's throne;

that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, Who seeth in secret, will recompense you.

But when you pray, enter into your closet; and, having closed your door, pray to your Father Who is in secret; and your Father Who seeth in secret will recompense you.

Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done, as in Heaven, so on earth.

"For, if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you;

but, if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

that you appear not to men to be fasting, but to your Father Who is in secret; and your Father Who seeth in secret will recompense you.

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

"The lamp of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye be sound, your whole body will be full of light;

but, if your eye be evil, your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, the light that is in you be darkness, how great the darkness!

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

but I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these.

And, if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith!

For after all these things the nations are seeking; for your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

But seek ye first His Kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

Be not, therefore, anxious for the morrow; for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its evil.

Or how will you say to your brother, 'Permit me to cast out the mote out of your eye;' and, behold, the beam is in your own eye?

Hypocrite! Cast out first the beam out of your own eye; and then you will see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother's eye.

Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask him for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

If, therefore, ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father Who is in Heaven give good things to those asking Him?

"All things, therefore, whatsoever ye wish that men should do to you, so do ye also to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

"Not every one who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he that does the will of My Father in Heaven.

Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by Thy name? and by Thy name cast out demons, and by Thy name do many mighty works,'"

And then will I confess to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, ye who work iniquity.

And He saith to him, "Having gone, I will heal him."

And I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven;

but the sons of the Kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth."

And, when it was evening, they brought to Him many demoniacs; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,

And a scribe, coming near, said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow Thee wheresoever Thou mayst go."

And He said to them, "Go." And, having come out, they went away into the swine; and, behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and died in the waters!

And those feeding them fled; and, going away into the city, they reported all things, and the things relating to the demoniacs.

And, behold, all the city came forth to meet Jesus; and, seeing Him, they besought Him, that He would depart from their borders.

And Jesus, hearing it, said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.

Jesus said to them, "Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn while the Bridegroom is with them! But there will come days, when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast."

While He is speaking these things to them, behold, a ruler, having come to Him, was worshiping Him, saying, "My daughter just now died; but, coming, lay Thy hand upon her, and she shall live."

for she was saying within herself, "If I only touch His garment, I shall be made well."

And Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, "Be of good courage, daughter, your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.

And the report of this went forth into all that land.

But they, having gone forth, spread abroad His fame in all that land.

And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity.

And, while going, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven has come nigh.'

Verily I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to high-councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;

"And brother will deliver up brother to death; and father, his child; and children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And ye will be hated by all, for My name's sake; but he who endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

"And, when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next; for verily I say to you, ye will in no wise finish the cities of Israel, till the Son of Man come!

But the very hairs of your head have all been numbered.

"Every one, therefore, who shall confess Me before men, him will I also confess before My Father Who is in Heaven.

But whosoever denies Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father Who is in Heaven.

and the man's foes will be those of his own house-hold.

for all the prophets and the law prophesied until John;

nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

Nevertheless, I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you!"

Yea, Father, because so it was well-pleasing before Thee!

"All things were delivered to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows the Son except the Father; neither does any one fully know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son willeth to reveal Him.

"Come to me, all ye who are laboring and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

And He said to them "What man of you who shall have one sheep; and, if this should fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it, and raise it up?

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do well on the sabbath."

Then saith He to the man, "Stretch forth your hand." And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole as the other.

But Jesus, knowing it, withdrew thence; and many followed Him, and He healed them all.

"Behold, My servant Whom I chose, My Beloved, in Whom My soul delighted. I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will declare judgment to the gentiles.

He will not strive, nor cry aloud; nor will any one hear His voice in the streets:

A bruised reed will He not break, and a smoking flax will He not quench, till He send forth judgment unto victory;

And in His name will the gentiles hope."

And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the Son of David?"

Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and seize upon his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

Therefore, I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven.

"The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

"A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

Then it says, 'I will return into my house whence I came out;' and, having come, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

While He was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and His brothers were standing without, seeking to speak to Him.

For whosoever does the will of My Father Who is in Heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother."

And there were gathered to Him great multitudes; so that He, having entered into a boat, sat down, and all the multitudes were standing on the beach.

And to them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, 'With hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; and, seeing, ye will see, and will not perceive;

and, while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away.

He says, 'No; lest, while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.

Suffer both to grow together until the harvest. And, in the season of harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them into bundles, with the view of burning them; but gather the wheat into my barn.'"