But Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to expose her to public disgrace, intended to dismiss her privately.

Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of thee will come forth a man who rules, who will tend my people Israel.

Then Herod having called the wise men privately, ascertained from them what time the star appeared.

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

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 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 them, Come behind me, and I will make you fishermen of men.

Ye are the salt material of the earth. But if the salt material becomes ineffective, by what will it be salted? It is potent for nothing further, except to be cast outside and to be trodden down by men.

Thus your light should shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in the heavens.

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

But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to

But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

And to the man who wants to sue thee, and take away thy coat, thou shall leave him thy cloak also.

Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.

When therefore thou do charity, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love to pray having stood in the synagogues and in the corners of the thoroughfares, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

And when ye fast, become not like the gloomy looking hypocrites, for they make their faces unsightly, so that they may appear fasting to men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

so that thou may not appear fasting to men, but to thy Father in secret. And thy Father, who sees in secret, will reward thee.

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 which man of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his life span?

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

Or what man is there of you, who, if his son may ask for bread, will give him a stone,

All things therefore, as many as ye may want that men should do to you, so also do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

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.

Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.

And Jesus says to him, See thou speak to no man, but go, show thyself to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.

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 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.

But the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

And upon his coming to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two men being demon possessed met him, coming out of the sepulchers, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.

And those who tended them fled, and having gone into the city, they told everything, also the things of the men being demon possessed.

And behold, they brought to him a paralyzed man who was placed on a bed. And having seen their faith Jesus said to the paralyzed man, Cheer up, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.

And behold, some of the scholars said within themselves, This man blasphemes.

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.

But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, who gave such authority to men.

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 no man puts a patch of new cloth upon an old garment, for the patch of it pulls from the garment, and a tear becomes worse.

And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Be merciful to us, thou son of David.

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.

And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly warned them, saying, See that no man knows it.

And after they departed, behold, they brought to him a mute man possessed with a demon.

And when the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues,

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

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other, for truly I say to you, ye will, no, not have completed the cities of Israel, until the Son of man comes.

Therefore every man, whoever will profess in me before men, I also will profess in him before my Father in the heavens.

But whoever would deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father in the heavens.

For I came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

And a man's foes, are those of his own household.

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 while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in delicate clothes? Behold, those wearing delicate things are in king's houses.

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.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.

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.

For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

And behold, there was a man having a withered hand. And they interrogated him, asking if it permitted to heal on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

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.

Then he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole, as the other.

He will not quarrel, nor will he shout, nor will any man hear his voice in the thoroughfares.

Then a blind and mute man being demon possessed, was brought to him. And he healed him, so as for the blind and mute man both to speak and to see.

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.

Or how can any man enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

Because of this I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy of the spirit will not be forgiven men.

And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in the present age, nor in the one that is coming.

The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.

But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.

For as Jonah was in the belly of the sea-creature three days and three nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

But when the unclean spirit goes forth out of the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and finds it not.

Then it goes, and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having enter in, they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will also be to this evil generation.

And some man said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to thee.

But having answered, he said to the man who told him, Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?

And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow.

And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.

For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men longed to see the things that ye see, and did not see them, and to hear the things that ye hear, and did not hear them.

Hear ye then the parable of the man who sows.

Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understands it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.

He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man sowing good seed in his field.

But while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst the wheat, and went away.

And he said to them, A hostile man did this. And the bondmen said to him, Do thou desire therefore, after going, we would gather them up?

He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard plant, which having taken, a man sowed in his field.

And having answered, he said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man,

The Son of man will send forth his agents, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing lawlessness,

Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man having found, he hid. And from the joy of it, he goes and sells all, as many things as he has, and buys that field.

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant, seeking fine pearls.

And he said to them, Because of this every scholar who has been instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a house-ruler, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.

And having come into his fatherland he taught them in their synagogue, so as for them to be astonished, and say, From where is this wisdom and powers in this man?

And his sisters, are they not all near us? From where then are all these things in this man?

And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

And when they recognized him, the men of that place sent into that whole region round about, and brought to him all those faring badly.

And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

Leave them. They are blind leaders of blind men, and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch.

But the things coming out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things defile the man.