and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias;

But Joseph, having awoke up from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had enjoined him, and took to him his wife,

and knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.

And they having heard the king went their way; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them until it came and stood over the place where the little child was.

Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.

And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.

Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you,

Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

But thou, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

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

and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his doctrine,

And when he had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.

And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, beseeching him,

And when Jesus had come to Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law laid down and in a fever;

And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

But they that fed them fled, and went away into the city and related everything, and what had happened as to those possessed by demons.

And behold, a woman, who had had a bloody flux for twelve years, came behind and touched the hem of his garment;

But when the crowd had been put out, he went in and took her hand; and the damsel rose up.

These twelve Jesus sent out when he had charged them, saying, Go not off into the way of the nations, and into a city of Samaritans enter ye not;

but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered.

And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.

Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.

Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you, had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented in sackcloth and ashes.

And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.

At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of the ground because of not having any depth of earth,

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened.

The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field.

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

And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables he withdrew thence.

For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist.

and his head was brought upon a dish, and was given to the damsel, and she carried it to her mother.

But those that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind fell.

And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

But he not having anything to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made.

But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place, were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all that had taken place.

shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as I also had compassion on thee?

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, he withdrew from Galilee, and came to the coasts of Judaea beyond the Jordan;

But the young man, having heard the word, went away grieved, for he had large possessions.

saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.

And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes had sight restored to them, and they followed him.

But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them,

But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in my vineyard.

In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her?

But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together.

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

And then will many be offended, and will deliver one another up, and hate one another;

and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.

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

And he that had received the five talents went and trafficked with them, and made five other talents.

In like manner also he that had received the two, he also gained two others.

But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.

And he that had received the five talents came to him and brought five other talents, saying, My lord, thou deliveredst me five talents; behold, I have gained five other talents besides them.

And he also that had received the two talents came to him and said, My lord, thou deliveredst me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents besides them.

And he also that had received the one talent coming to him said, My lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,

and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.

And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;

And it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,

a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table.

And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the passover.

The Son of man goes indeed, according as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been born.

Now he that delivered him up had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is: seize him.

Now they that had seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

And when he had gone out into the entrance, another maid saw him, and says to those there, This man also was with Jesus the Nazaraean.

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who had said to him, Before the cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went forth without, and wept bitterly.

Then Judas, who delivered him up, seeing that he had been condemned, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying, And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was set a price on, whom they who were of the sons of Israel had set a price on,

And they had then a notable prisoner, named Barabbas.

For he knew that they had delivered him up through envy.

and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat him on his head.

And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify.

And they set up over his head his accusation written: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.

And there were there many women beholding from afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to him,

and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn in the rock; and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, went away.

And as they went, behold, some of the watch went into the city, and brought word to the chief priests of all that had taken place.

And they took the money and did as they had been taught. And this report is current among the Jews until this day.

But the eleven disciples went into Galilee to the mountain which Jesus had appointed them.

But evening being come, when the sun had gone down, they brought to him all that were suffering, and those possessed by demons;

And he said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, he and those with him,

And he says to the man who had his hand dried up, Rise up and come into the midst.

For he healed many, so that they beset him that they might touch him, as many as had plagues.

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out demons.

And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out of the ground because it had no depth of earth;

And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear; with what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you; and there shall be more added to you.

who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him.

And those that were feeding them fled and reported it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had taken place.

And they come to Jesus, and they see the possessed of demons sitting and clothed and sensible, him that had had the legion: and they were afraid.

And they that had seen it related to them how it had happened to the man possessed by demons, and concerning the swine.

And as he went on board ship, the man that had been possessed by demons besought him that he might be with him.