But while he considered these things, behold, an agent of Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take Mary to be thy wife, for that which was begotten in her is from Holy Spirit.

And she will bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS, for he will save his people from their sins.

And Joseph, being roused from his sleep, did as the agent of Lord ordered him. And he took his wife,

and knew her not until she brought forth her son, the firstborn. And he called his name JESUS.

Where is he who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.

And Herod the king having heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

And having gathered together all the chief priests and scholars of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ is born.

And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, After going, search diligently about the child. And when ye find him, report to me, so that I also having come, may worship him.

And having awaken, he took the child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.

And he was there until the end of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, Out of Egypt I called my Son.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was scorned by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and having sent forth, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all the borders of it, from two years old and under, according to the time that

And having awaken, he took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee.

And having come, he dwelt in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, that he will be called a Nazarene.

For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of a man crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath?

I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will immerse you in a Holy Spirit.

Whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. And he will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.

But having answered, Jesus said to him, Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allows him.

And when Jesus was immersed, he went up straightaway out of the water. And lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him.

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

And after he who tempts came, he said to him, If thou are the Son of God, speak so that these stones may become bread.

But having answered, he said, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out through the mouth of God.

And he says to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He will command his agents about thee, and, They will take thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Again, the devil takes him onto an exceedingly high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.

And he says to him, All these things I give thee, if after falling down, thou will worship me.

Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he departed into Galilee.

And having left Nazareth behind, after coming, he dwelt in Capernaum by the sea in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

And he says to them, Come behind me, and I will make you fishermen of men.

And having gone on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And he called them.

And his fame went forth into all Syria. And they brought to him all those faring badly with various diseases, and gripped with pain, and being demon-possessed, and being lunatic, and paralyzed. And he healed them.

And having seen the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. And when he sat down, his disciples came to him.

And having opened his mouth, he taught them, saying,

Whoever therefore may relax one of these least commandments, and may teach men so, he will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens. But whoever may do and may teach them, this man will be called great in the kingdom of the he

so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

But if thine eye is bad, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is the darkness!

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

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin,

And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, will he not much more you, O ye of little faith?

Or how will thou say to thy brother, Let me take out the speck from thine eye, and behold, the beam in thine own eye?

For every man who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

and if he may ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

If ye therefore, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more your Father in the heavens will give good things to those who ask him?

How narrow is the gate, and restricted the way, that leads to life, and few are those who find it.

Not every man who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of my Father in the heavens.

for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as their scholars.

For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to this man, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes, and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.

And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, Truly I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.

And when Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law, having been laid down, and feverish.

And he touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she was raised up, and served him.

And having become evening, they brought to him many being demon possessed. And he cast out the spirits by word, and healed all those faring badly,

so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, He himself took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.

Now when Jesus saw many multitudes around him, he commanded to depart to the other side.

And a certain scholar having come, he said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou may go.

And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he may lay his head.

And behold, a great tempest developed in the sea, so as for the boat to be covered by the waves, but he was sleeping.

And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.

And he said to them, Go. And having come out, they went into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of the swine stampeded down the slope into the sea, and perished in the waters.

And behold, the whole city came out to a meeting with Jesus. And having seen him, they besought him that he would depart from their regions.

And after entering into the boat, he passed over, and came into his own city.

But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (then he says to the paralyzed man), After rising, take up thy bed, and go to thy house.

And after rising, he departed to his house.

And passing forth from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And he says to him, Follow me. And after rising, he followed him.

And it came to pass while he relaxed in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinners having come, they were sitting with Jesus and his disciples.

But Jesus having heard it, he said to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who fare badly.

While he spoke these things to them, behold, one ruler who came worshiped him, saying, My daughter has just now perished, but after coming, lay thy hand upon her, and she will live.

he says to them, Depart, for the little girl did not die, but sleeps. And they ridiculed him.

But when the crowd was put out, having entered in, he took her hand, and the little girl arose.

And when he came into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yes, Lord.

Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith may it happen to you.

But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.

But when he saw the multitudes, he felt compassion for them, because they were troubled and dejected, as sheep having no shepherd.

Then he says to his disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but the workmen are few.

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth workmen into his harvest.

And having called in his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and to heal every sickness and every disease.

But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye should speak, for it will be given you in that hour what ye will speak.

And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.

It is enough for the pupil that he becomes like his teacher, and the bondman like his lord. If they have called the house-ruler Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

And he who does not take his cross and follow behind me, is not worthy of me.

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life because of me will find it.

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

And whoever may give to drink one of these little ones merely a cold cup in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he will, no, not lose his reward.

And it came to pass when Jesus finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

he said to him, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another?

And blessed is he, whoever will not be caused to stumble by me.

For this is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face who will prepare thy way before thee.

Truly I say to you, among men born of women there has not been raised a greater than John the immerser. Yet the smaller in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

And if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is going to come.

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works occurred, because they did not repent.

All things were delivered to me by my Father. And no man knows the Son, except the Father, nor does any man know the Father, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son wants to reveal him.

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those with him,

how he entered into the house of God, and ate the loaves of the presentation, which was not permitted for him to eat, nor for those with him, except only for the priests?

And having departed from there, he went into their synagogue.

And he said to them, What man of you will there be, who will have one sheep, and if this falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not grasp it, and lift it out?

How much therefore a man is superior to a sheep. So then it is permitted to do good on the Sabbath.