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.

Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

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.

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.

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

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.

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.

You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

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

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;

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?

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?

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.

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

But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

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 when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.

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

And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.

And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

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.

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.

Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.

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 the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.

Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.

And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.

While he was still talking to the people, his mother and his brothers came, desiring to have talk with him.

And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you.

Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.

And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.

But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.

And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.

And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?

From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.

Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.

And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.

Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.

And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has more joy over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone out of the way.

And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.

And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.

Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.