and Jesse begat David the king. And David the king begat Solomon, of her who had been Uriah's,

and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten is of the Holy Spirit,

and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

A voice in Ramah was heard -- lamentation and weeping and much mourning -- Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.'

And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

'And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;

'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

And Jesus said to the centurion, 'Go, and as thou didst believe let it be to thee;' and his young man was healed in that hour.

and he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose, and was ministering to them.

While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that 'My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.'

And Jesus having turned about, and having seen her, said, 'Be of good courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee,' and the woman was saved from that hour.

but, when the multitude was put forth, having gone in, he took hold of her hand, and the damsel arose,

'And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,

'And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;

that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,

blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'

and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;

he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!

'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, a greater than Solomon here!

He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

'Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

'And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.

'Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,

for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

And she having been instigated by her mother -- 'Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

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

and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, 'The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'

And they say to him, 'We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.'

And having called near the multitude, he said to them, 'Hear and understand:

And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- 'Let her away, because she crieth after us;'

then answering, Jesus said to her, 'O woman, great is thy faith, let it be to thee as thou wilt;' and her daughter was healed from that hour.

Verily I say to you, there are certain of those standing here who shall not taste of death till they may see the Son of Man coming in his reign.'

And Peter answering said to Jesus, 'Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths -- for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.'

While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'

and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour.

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, 'Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?'

'And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

and if he may not hear, take with thee yet one or two, that by the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may stand.

And if he may not hear them, say it to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.

They say to him, 'Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?'

'And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

'For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

'And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,

and they went away. 'Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.

And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?

they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye -- ye also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.

And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.

that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day -- and the heat.

Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,

and he said to her, 'What wilt thou?' She saith to him, 'Say, that they may sit -- these my two sons -- one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.'

saying to them, 'Go on to the village over-against you, and immediately ye shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her -- having loosed, bring ye to me;

'Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;

therefore in the rising again, of which of the seven shall she be wife -- for all had her?'

'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.

and Jesus said to them, 'Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all these to come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here is the Christ! or here! ye may not believe;

'And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;

And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known -- not even the messengers of the heavens -- except my Father only;

'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,

'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.

Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this one did shall also be spoken of -- for a memorial of her.'

Then come with them doth Jesus to a place called Gethsemane, and he saith to the disciples, 'Sit ye here, till having gone away, I shall pray yonder.'

then saith he to them, 'Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul -- unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, 'So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me!

then cometh he unto his disciples, and saith to them, 'Sleep on henceforth, and rest! lo, the hour hath come nigh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of sinners.

In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, 'As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;

then saith Pilate to him, 'Dost thou not hear how many things they witness against thee?'

And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,

and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

he is not here, for he rose, as he said; come, see the place where the Lord was lying;

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

and the mother-in-law of Simon was lying fevered, and immediately they tell him about her,

and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

And he said to them, 'He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.

'And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,

'And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

And he said to them, 'Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added;

And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,