and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened like this. His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, and before they came together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.

and had no marital relations with her until she had brought forth a son; and he named him Jesus.

Now when they had departed, suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

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.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

And seeing the crowds, he went up onto the mountain, and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

And it happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the crowds were astonished at his teaching,

Now when the crowds saw it, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

And suddenly a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."

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

Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.

"Woe to you, Chorazin. Woe to you, Bethsaida. For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to hell. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

And others fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

But when the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

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

For Herod had arrested John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

And he went out, and he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

Now when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, "This place is desolate, and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."

And after he had sent the crowds away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.

The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.

When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, "Does not your teacher pay the didrachma?"

When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

But because he could not pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Should not you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'

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

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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.'

When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"

When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her."

But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

"And he also who had the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. See, I have gained another two talents.'

"He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

And it happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,

Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

And when he had gone out onto the porch, another girl saw him, and said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth."

Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and wept bitterly.

Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the sons of Israel priced,

They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

They gave him wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.

When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.

When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.

and placed it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

Now while they were going, look, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.

When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,

But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them.

And Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.

And when they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof above him. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.

And he said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry?he, and those who were with him?

And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered.

And when he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.

And others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

And when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

And on that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go over to the other side."

And when he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. No one had the strength to tame him.

And those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came out to see what it was that had happened.

They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.

As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.

And he did not allow him, but said to him, "Go to your house, to your own, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you."

So he went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.

And when Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great crowd was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

Now a woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years,

and had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse,

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

He looked around to see her who had done this thing.

But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

And when he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep.

And when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him."

For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.

Then the apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.

And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to an isolated place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

And he came out, saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.

When evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land.

for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.

When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,