Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.

She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.

Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.

For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'

Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'

When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

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

Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.

Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.

As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him.

Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.

As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"

Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,

It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,

Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

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

Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."

So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him."

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.

He said, "Come!" Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.

Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!"

But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."

Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Don't tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."

Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.

He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

He said, "Yes." When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?"

Peter said to him, "From strangers." Jesus said to him, "Therefore the children are exempt.

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."

It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."

He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?"

When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'

As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.

The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever!" Immediately the fig tree withered away.

The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."

Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'

"Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.

But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,

No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth.

Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

"Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.

Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away.

Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.