But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

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

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.

In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.

But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.

Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.

For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

Give us this day bread for our needs.

And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:

For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

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

Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?

Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.

For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.

Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.

Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.

For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.

But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.

And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:

He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.

Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!

Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:

He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?