And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.

You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.

Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.

And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.

Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.

Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.

Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.

So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;

And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.

And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.

But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:

Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.

And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.

Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.

He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.

He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.

To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.

He who has ears, let him give ear.

All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.

Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by whom do your sons send them out? So let them be your judges.

Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.

But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?

He who has ears, let him give ear.

Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,

Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

And he came out and saw a great number of people and he had pity on them, and made well those of them who were ill.

And those who had food were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.

And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill,

With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:

So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.

And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.

Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is?