and Judah had Phares and Zara by Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom,

and Salmon had Booz by Rahab, and Booz had Obed by Ruth,

and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David the king, and David had Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.

When they had heard the king, they went: and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went on before them, till it came and stood over the place where the child was.

and coming into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshipped Him: and when they had opened their treasures, they brought Him presents, of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was baffled by the wise-men, was very much enraged; and he sent and slew all the male-children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly inquired of the wise-men.

And this John had his clothes of camels hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

and when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, at last He was very hungry.

Ye are the light of the world: a city, that is situated on a hill, cannot be hid.

nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King: neither shalt thou swear by thy head,

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 them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that abuse you and persecute you;

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be observed by them: otherwise ye will have no reward from your Father, who is in heaven.

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face;

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or at lest he will be attached to the one, and neglect the other: ye cannot serve God and mammon:

And when Jesus had ended these discourses, the people were amazed at his doctrine:

for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

and Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the fowls of heaven their nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

and behold, they brought to Him one that had the palsy laid on a couch: and Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Take heart my son, for thy sins are forgiven thee.

But when the multitudes saw it, they were amazed, and glorified God, who had given such power to men.

(And lo, a woman who had had a flux of blood for twelve years, came close behind Him, and touched the hem of his garment:

and when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes were amazed, saying, there had never been seen the like in Israel:

Be not therefore afraid of them; for there is nothing hid, that shall not be revealed; nor secret, that shall not be made known.

and even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

And when Jesus had made an end of giving orders to his twelve disciples, He departed from thence to teach and preach in their cities.

Wo unto thee, Chorazin; wo unto thee, Bethsaida: for if the miracles wrought among you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes:

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted even to heaven, shalt be cast down to hell: for if the miracles, which have been wrought in thee, had been wrought in Sodom, it would have remained unto this day.

And upon this occasion Jesus opened his mouth and said, "I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and knowing, and hast revealed them to babes:

and if ye had known what that scripture means, "I desire mercy rather than sacrifice," ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

And he went away and came into their synagogue: and there being a man there who had a withered hand,

some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and they soon sprung up indeed, because they had no depth of earth;

but when the sun rose, they were burnt up, and withered; because they had no root:

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field, which a man having found conceals, and being rejoiced at it goes and sells all that he has, and purchases that field.

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

And when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence:

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

and she, being before instructed by her mother, said, Give me here in a dish the head of John the baptist:

and his head was brought in a dish, and given to the young princess, who carried it to her mother:

Now they that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

and when He had dismissed them, He went up to a hill in private to pray.

and taking the seven loaves and the fishes, when He had given thanks, He brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

and therefore when Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the pharisees and of the sadducees,

And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I tell you, if ye had but faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this mountain, Remove from hence thither, and it shall remove: and nothing would be impossible to you.

What think ye? if any man had an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray, would he not leave the ninety and nine, and go upon the hills, and seek that which is gone astray?

And therefore the gospel-kingdom is like unto a king, who had a mind to settle accounts with his servants:

and not having it to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had; and payment to be made.

and his lord had compassion on him, and discharged him, and forgave him the debt.

Now when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were very much grieved, and came and acquainted their lord with all that had passed.

and oughtest not thou to have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had on thee?

And when Jesus had finished these discourses, He departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea, beyond Jordan:

And when He had laid his hands on them, he departed thence.

But when the young man heard that, he went away sorrowful; for he had large possessions.

And after they had received it they murmured against the master of the house,

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

And Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes; and straightway their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.

But what think ye of this? There was a man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go, work to day in my vineyard:

Then saith Jesus to them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, "The stone which the builders refused, is made the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?"

But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man that had not put on a wedding-garment, and saith to him,

therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

But when the pharisees heard that He had silenced the sadducees,

and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been concerned with them in shedding the blood of the prophets:

and then will many take offense, and betray one another, and hate one another: and many false prophets will rise up and deceive many:

but this ye know, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broke open: therefore be ye also ready;

Now he that had received the five talents, went and traded with them, and gained other five talents:

and likewise he that had the two, he also gained two more:

but he who had received the one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his master's money:

And he who had received the five talents came and brought to him five talents more, saying, Sir, thou deliveredst to me five talents, behold I have gained other five talents to them:

And he also who had received the two talents came to him and said, Lord, thou deliveredst to me two talents, behold I have gained two other talents with them:

and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the ground; behold, there is thine own:

And when Jesus had finished these discourses, He said to his disciples,

there came to Him a woman with an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as He was at table:

The Son of man is going indeed as it is written concerning Him: but wo to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed; it had been good for him, if that man had never been born.

And when they had sung an hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives.

(now he that betrayed Him, had given them a signal, saying, The man whom I shall kiss is He, lay hold of Him:)

Then did they spit in his face, and beat Him about the head; and some struck Him with rods,

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who had said to him, before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, when he saw that He was condemned, being struck with remorse, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,

and they had then a notorious malefactor named Barabbas.

Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ? for he knew that out of envy they had delivered Him up.

and when they had stript Him, they covered Him with a scarlet robe;

and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before Him in derision, saying, Hail king of the Jews:

and they spit upon Him, and took the reed and struck Him on the head.

And after they had thus abused Him, they took off the scarlet robe from Him, and put on Him his own clothes, and led Him away to be crucified.

the place of a skull, they gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: but when He had tasted it, He would not drink.

And after they had fixed Him to the cross, they parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

And they sat down and watched Him there: and put up over his head his accusation in writing,

And several women were there looking on at a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministring unto Him:

and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had had cut out in the rock; and when he had rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, he went away:

and behold, there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven, had come and rolled away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it:

Now while they were going, behold some of the guard came into the city, and told the chief priests all that had happened:

And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the men he had hired, and went along with Him.

for He taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

be thou healed: and as soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was healed.

and not being able to come near to Him for the croud, they uncovered the roof where He was, and when they had made an openning, they let down the couch on which the paralytic was laid.

And Jesus, seeing their faith, saith to him that had the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

And He went another time into a synagogue, where there was a man that had a withered hand:

And He said to the man, that had the withered hand, Rise up into the midst:

And when He had looked round upon them with indignation, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts, He saith to the man, Stretch out thine hand: and he stretched it out, and his hand was made as sound as the other.

Therefore He spake to his disciples, that there might be a small vessel attending Him, because of the multitude, least they should throng Him: for He had healed many,