Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this way. For his mother Mary, who was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found having in her womb from Holy Spirit.

But while he considered these things, behold, an agent of Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take Mary to be thy wife, for that which was begotten in her is from Holy Spirit.

And she will bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS, for he will save his people from their sins.

Where is he who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.

And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea. For thus it is written through the prophet,

And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of thee will come forth a man who rules, who will tend my people Israel.

Now after they departed, behold, an agent of Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, After rising, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and thou be there until I tell thee, for Herod is going to seek the child to

A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children. And she did not want to be comforted, because they are not.

After rising, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those seeking the child's life have died.

Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached.

For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of a man crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.

And think not to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will immerse you in a Holy Spirit.

Whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. And he will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.

But having answered, Jesus said to him, Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allows him.

And he says to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He will command his agents about thee, and, They will take thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Then Jesus says to him, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, Thou shall worship Lord thy God, and him only thou shall serve.

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached.

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for so they persecuted the prophets before you.

Ye are the salt material of the earth. But if the salt material becomes ineffective, by what will it be salted? It is potent for nothing further, except to be cast outside and to be trodden down by men.

For truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle will, no, not pass away from the law, until all things come to pass.

For I say to you, that unless your righteousness abounds more than of the scholars and Pharisees, ye will, no, not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

And if thy right eye causes thee to stumble, remove it and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

And if thy right hand causes thee to stumble, cut it off and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

And whoever will draft thee for one mile, go thou with him two.

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the tax collectors the same?

And while praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they will be heard by their much speaking.

Be not therefore like them, for your Father knows what things ye have need of before ye ask him.

Give us this day the bread sufficient for us.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

And when ye fast, become not like the gloomy looking hypocrites, for they make their faces unsightly, so that they may appear fasting to men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,

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

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

No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing?

For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow will be anxious about things of itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil of it.

For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.

For every man who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

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

and if he may ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

All things therefore, as many as ye may want that men should do to you, so also do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.

And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded upon the rock.

for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as their scholars.

And Jesus says to him, See thou speak to no man, but go, show thyself to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.

For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to this man, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes, and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.

And behold, a great tempest developed in the sea, so as for the boat to be covered by the waves, but he was sleeping.

For which is easier, to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk?

But Jesus having heard it, he said to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who fare badly.

But after going, learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners for repentance.

And no man puts a patch of new cloth upon an old garment, for the patch of it pulls from the garment, and a tear becomes worse.

For she said within herself, If only I may touch his garment, I will be healed.

he says to them, Depart, for the little girl did not die, but sleeps. And they ridiculed him.

But when he saw the multitudes, he felt compassion for them, because they were troubled and dejected, as sheep having no shepherd.

no bag for the road, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor staffs, for the workman is worthy of his provision.

Truly 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 councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues,

and ye will be brought to governors and even kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye should speak, for it will be given you in that hour what ye will speak.

For ye are not who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other, for truly I say to you, ye will, no, not have completed the cities of Israel, until the Son of man comes.

It is enough for the pupil that he becomes like his teacher, and the bondman like his lord. If they have called the house-ruler Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered, that will not be revealed, and hid, that will not be known.

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall on the ground independent of your Father.

Fear not therefore, ye are of worth more than many sparrows.

For I came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

he said to him, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another?

For this is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face who will prepare thy way before thee.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

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

And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted as far as the sky. Thou will be brought down as far as Hades, because if the mighty works had occurred in Sodom that occurred in thee, it would have remained until this day.

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

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

For my yoke is befitting, and my burden is light.

how he entered into the house of God, and ate the loaves of the presentation, which was not permitted for him to eat, nor for those with him, except only for the priests?

For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

A bruised reed he will not break, and smoldering flax he will not quench, until he sends forth justice for victory.

Then a blind and mute man being demon possessed, was brought to him. And he healed him, so as for the blind and mute man both to speak and to see.

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by its fruit.

Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

For from thy words thou will be justified, and from thy words thou will be condemned.

For as Jonah was in the belly of the sea-creature three days and three nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

For whoever does the will of my Father in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And many multitudes were gathered to him, so as for him (having entered in) to sit in the boat, and all the multitude had stood on the shore.

For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.

For this people's heart became fat, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are shut, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I will heal them.

For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men longed to see the things that ye see, and did not see them, and to hear the things that ye hear, and did not hear them.

Which indeed is smaller than all seeds, but when it is grown, it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so as for the birds of the sky to come and lodge in the branches of it.

As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned in fire, so it will be at the end of this age.

and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.