And hearing the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they saw in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

and coming into the house they saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they presented him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead that sought the young child's life.

And this John had his clothes of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham;

and Jesus being baptized went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove and come upon him.

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Change your minds; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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

And going forward thence, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my sake.

Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your father in heaven.

Whoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

But I tell you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;

thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth;

Look at the birds of heaven; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into store-houses; but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, men of little faith?

And why do you see a speck in your brother's eye, and not consider a beam in your own eye?

or how will you say to your brother, Let me cast out the speck from your eye, and behold a beam in your own eye?

Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your eye, and then will you see clearly to cast out the speck from your brother's eye.

But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are rapacious wolves.

So every good tree bears good fruits, but a bad tree bears bad fruits;

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name performed many mighty works?

And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no man, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony to them.

And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that you should come under my roof; but only say the word and my servant will be cured.

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

Jesus hearing wondered and said to those that followed him, I tell you truly, I have not found so great a faith with any one in Israel;

And Jesus coming into the house of Peter, saw his wife's mother lying and sick with a fever.

And behold there was a great tempest on the lake, so that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was asleep.

And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass that way.

And behold all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him they besought him to depart from their bounds.

For in what respect is it easier to say, Your sins are forgiven, than to say, Arise and walk?

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

And Jesus departing thence saw a man sitting at the custom-house, called Matthew; and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And when the Pharisees saw them they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?

and their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them strictly, saying, See that no one knows it.

And the demon being cast out, the dumb spoke; and the multitudes wondered, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

But when they have delivered you up be not anxious how you shall speak, or what you shall say, for it shall be given you in that hour what to say;

and a man's enemies shall be those of his own house.

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

And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and tell John what you see and hear;

the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news preached to them;

And when they had gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes, concerning John, What went you out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

But what went you out to see? A man wearing fine clothes? Behold, they that wear fine clothes are in the houses of kings.

But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

and say, We have played on pipes for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned, and you have not lamented.

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

the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

Yes, Father, for so it has seemed good in thy sight.

How much then is a man better than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.

THEN a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he cured him, so that the blind and dumb spoke and saw.

Then answered some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits worse than itself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be also with this evil generation.

And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying; Behold, a sower went out to sow;

For this reason I speak to them in parables; because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand.

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says; Hearing you shall hear and not understand, and seeing you shall see and not perceive;

for the hearts of this people have become hard, and they hear imperfectly with their ears, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should heal them.

But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

For I tell you truly, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see what you see and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear and have not heard it.

And the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Whence then has it poisonous darnel?

let both grow together till the harvest, and at the time of the harvest, I will say to the reapers, Collect first the poisonous darnel, and bind it in bundles to be burnt; but collect the wheat in my storehouse.

which is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown is the greatest of plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and lodge on its branches.

As, therefore, poisonous darnel is collected and burned with fire, so shall it be at the consummation of the world.

Again; the kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea, and collecting [fish] of every kind,

So shall it be at the consummation of the world. The angels shall come forth and separate the evil from the midst of the good,

and coming to his native country he taught them in their synagogues, so that they were astonished and said, Whence has this man this wisdom and these mighty works?

Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

For Herod having seized John, had bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

And Herod's birthday being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

And going out he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and cured their sick.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were troubled and said, It is an apparition; and they cried out for fear.

But you say, Whoever says to his father or mother what you might be profited with by me is a gift,

And he said, Are you so entirely without understanding?

But he answered and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and cast to the dogs.

so that the multitude wondered, seeing the dumb talk, the crippled sound, the lame walk, and the blind see; and they glorified the God of Israel.

But his disciples said to him, Whence shall we obtain so much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great a multitude?

But he answered and said to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather for the sky is red;

And Jesus coming into the parts of Cesarea Philippi, asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?

And he said to them, Who say you that I am?

I tell you truly, that some of those standing here shall not taste death till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

And lifting up their eyes they saw no man, except Jesus alone.

And the disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

And Jesus said to them, On account of your unbelief. For I tell you truly, if you have a faith like a mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Be removed thence to that place, and it shall be removed; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

but whoever offends one of these little ones that believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone should be hung to his neck, and that he should be plunged into the depths of the sea.

See that you despise not one of these little ones; for I tell you that their angels always behold the face of my Father in heaven.

So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Jesus said to him, I say not to you till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not each one his brother from your hearts.

So that they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has yoked together, let not man separate.

He said to them, Moses, on account of your hardness of heart, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

For there are eunuchs from birth, who were born so from their mother; and there are eunuchs who are made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is able to receive [this doctrine] let him receive it.

and whoever has left brothers or sisters, or a father or mother, or children, or lands or houses, for my name's sake, shall receive many times as much, and inherit eternal life.

And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the market;

So the last shall be first, and the first last.

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping, and asking a certain thing of him.

And he said to her, What do you wish? She said to him, Say that these my two sons shall sit, one on your right hand, and the other on your left, in your kingdom.

But Jesus called them to him, and said, You know that the rulers of the gentiles exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them; but it shall not be so among you.

and if any one asks you why, say that the Lord has need of them, and he will immediately send them.