And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, being called Christ, the anointed.

And the generation of Jesus Christ was thus: for Mary his mother having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child by the Holy Ghost.

And Herod the king having heard, was stirred up, and all Jerusalem with him.

And they having heard the king went forth; and, behold the star they saw in the sunrising, it led before them, till having come, it stood above where the young child was.

And was there till the death of Herod: that it might be completed having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Then Herod, seeing he was deluded by the magi, was very angry, and having sent, destroyed all the children which in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years and under, according to the time he examined thoroughly of the magi.

Then was completed that spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

A voice was heard in Rama, wailing, and weeping, and much lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, for they are not.

And having heard that Archelaus reigned over Judea, instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go there; and having received intimation of the divine will in a dream, he turned back into the parts of Galilee.

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

And behold a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my dearly beloved Son, in whom I was contented.

Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil.

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

And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, went back into Galilee.

Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill: and whoever should kill shall be subject to judgment:

Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

And it was said, That whosoever should loose his wife, let him give her a repudiation.

Again, ye have heard, that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not swear a false oath, and thou shalt. return to the Lord thine oaths.

And thou fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

And I say to you that neither Solomon in all his glory was surrounded as one of these.

And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew, and fell upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.

And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew and struck upon that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.

And it was when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were struck with amazement at his teaching:

For he was teaching them as having power, and not as the scribes.

And having stretched forth the hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed and instantly his leprosy was cleansed.

And Jesus said to the captain of a hundred, Retire; as thou hast believed, let it be to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour.

So that that spoken by Esaias the prophet was completed, saying. He took our weakness, and lifted up diseases.

And, behold, a great shaking was in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves: and be slept.

And he says to them, Why are ye timorous, ye of little faith? Then having risen, he censured the winds and sea; and there was a great calm.

And far off from them was a herd of many swine grazing.

And it was he sitting at table in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinful, having come, sat at table with Jesus and his disciples.

And Jesus having turned round, and seeing her, said, Take courage, daughter; thy faith has saved thee. And the woman was saved from that hour.

But when the crowd was driven forth, having entered, he seized her hand, and the little girl was awakened.

And the demon being cast out, the dumb, spake, and the crowd admired, saying, It was never so brought to light in Israel.

And it was when Jesus finished ordering his twelve disciples, he went away from thence to teach and proclaim in all their cities.

For this is he for whom it was Written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Yes, Father: for so was it benevolence before thee.

And he said to them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they with him;

How he went into the house of God, and ate the loaves of setting up, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor those with him, but for the priests alone?

And, behold, there was a man having the hand withered. And they asked him saying, Is it lawful to cure in the sabbaths? that they might expose him.

Then says he to the man, Stretch out thy hand; and he stretched it out; and it was restored, sound as the other.

Behold my servant, which I have chosen: my dearly beloved, in whom my soul was contented; I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment to the nations.

Then he possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb, was brought to him; and he cured him, so that the blind and dumb spake and saw also.

And if Satan casts out Satan, he was divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights; so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

And the sun having risen, it was parched up; and for the not having a root, it was dried up.

And having answered, he said to them, For to you it was given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it was not given.

Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens was made like a man sowing good seed in his field:

Another parable spake he to them; The kingdom of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of wheaten flour, till the whole was leavened.

Which, when it was filled, having raised up upon the shore, and having set down, they gathered the good things into vessels, and the rotten things they cast without.

And it was when Jesus finished these parables, he removed thence.

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; be was aroused from the dead; and for this, powers are energetic in him.

And wishing to kill him, he was afraid of the crowd, because they held John as a prophet.

And the king was grieved: but for his oath, and those reclining together at the table, he ordered to be given.

And his head was brought upon a board, and given to the girl, and she brought to her mother.

And having loosed the crowds, he went up into a mount apart to pray: and being evening, he was there alone.

And the ship was already in the midst of the sea, overcharged by waves: for the wind was contrary.

And seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and beginning to sink, he cried out, Lord, save me.

Wherefore do thy disciples pass by the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

And he, having answered, said, I was not sent except to the sheep having been lost, of the house of Israel.

Then Jesus, having answered, said to her, O woman, great thy faith: let it be to thee as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.

And he was transformed before them: and his face shone as the sun, and his garments were white as the light.

He yet speaking, behold, a shining cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly beloved Son, in whom I was contented; hear ye him.

And Jesus censured him; and the demon went forth out of him: and the child was cured from that hour.

Therefore the kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, the king, who wished to lift up the word together with his servants.

And he having begun to settle accounts, one was brought him, a debtor of ten thousand talents.

And it was when Jesus finished these words he removed from Galilee, and came from the bounds of Judea beyond Jordan;

He says to them that Moses for your hard heart permitted you to loose your wives: and from the beginning it was not so.

And the young man having heard the word, departed, being grieved: for he was holding many possessions.

And he says to them, Truly my cup shall ye drink, and with the immersion which I am immersed shall ye be immersed; but to sit on my right, and on my left, is not mine to give, but to those it was prepared for by my Father.

And the whole of this was, that that spoken by the prophet be completed; saying,

And he having come to Jerusalem, all the city was shaken, saying, Who is this?

And he says to them, It was written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; and ye have made it a den of robbers.

And having seen one fig tree by the way, he came to it, and found nothing on it, except leaves only; and he says to it, Let no more fruit be from thee forever. And instantly the fig tree was dried up.

And the disciples, seeing, wondered, saying, How suddenly was the fig tree dried up!

The baptism of John, whence was it of heaven or of men And they reasoned by themselves, saying, If we say, Of heaven; he will say to us, Why, then, believed ye him not?

Hear another parable: A certain man was master of a house, who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and digged in it a winepress, and let it out to farmers, and went abroad:

Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the writings, The stone which the builders disapproved of, this was for the head of the corner? This was from the Lord, and it was wonderful in your eyes.

The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made a nuptial feast for his son.

And the king, having heard, was angry, and having sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

And those servants, having come to the ways, gathered together all, as many as they found, also both the evil and good, and the nuptial feast was filled with the reclining.

And he says to him, Friend, how camest thou in here, not having a garment of the nuptial feast? And he was muzzled.

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye exact tenths and dill and cummin, and ye have left the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith: these it was necessary to do, and not to let go those.

And in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye forth to his meeting.

And they, going to buy, the bridegroom came; and they prepared, went in with him to the nuptials; and the door was locked.

His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord.

For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye brought me in:

Naked, and ye put around me: I was sick, and ye reviewed me: I was in prison, and ye came to me.

For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

I was a stranger and ye brought me not in; naked, and ye put not around me; sick, and in prison, and ye took not a view of me.

And it was when Jesus finished all the words, he said to his disciples

Truly the Son of man retires as has been written concerning him; and woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up! it was good for him if that man had not been born.

But Jesus was silent. And the chief priest having answered, said to him, I cause thee to swear by the living God, that thou tell us, if thou art Christ, the Son of God.

And Peter sat without in the court-yard, and one young girl came to him saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

And he having gone out into the gate, another saw him, and she says to them there, This also was with Jesus the Nazarite.

Then Judas, he delivering him up, having seen that he was condemned, having felt regret, returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests, and the more ancient,

Wherefore, that field was called, The field of blood, even to this day.

Then was completed that having been spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty silver coins, the price of him prized, whom they from the sons of Israel prized;

And in the festival the leader was accustomed to loose one imprisoned to the crowd, which they desired.

And from the sixth hour, darkness was upon all the earth, even to the ninth hour.