and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

And thou Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.

Arise, take to thee the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.

For this is he who has been spoken of through Esaias the prophet, saying, Voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.

But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?

and behold, a voice out of the heavens saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight.

Blessed they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

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

Nor do men light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but upon the lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the house.

Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

But I say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who insult you and persecute you,

that ye may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens; for he makes his sun rise on evil and good, and sends rain on just and unjust.

For if ye should love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the tax-gatherers the same?

Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

so that thine alms may be in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render it to thee.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render it to thee.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

Thus therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,

so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render it to thee.

Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask of him a loaf of bread, will give him a stone;

If therefore ye, being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?

Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.

For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.

Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he that does the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

And every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

And when Jesus heard it, he wondered, and said to those who followed, Verily I say unto you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

But the crowds seeing it, were in fear, and glorified God who gave such power to men.

And behold, a woman, who had had a bloody flux for twelve years, came behind and touched the hem of his garment;

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, who was surnamed Thaddaeus;

Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariote, who also delivered him up.

But into whatsoever city or village ye enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till ye go forth.

And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father who is in the heavens.

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in the heavens.

He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

And he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.

But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate raiment? behold, those who wear delicate things are in the houses of kings.

this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among the born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, who is to come.

But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, which, calling to their companions,

And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal him.

Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.

But he said to them, What man shall there be of you who has one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it and raise it up?

Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul has found its delight. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew forth judgment to the nations.

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast them out? For this reason they shall be your judges.

But he answering said to him that spoke to him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.

But he that is sown on the rocky places this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,

And he that is sown among the thorns this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

But he that is sown upon the good ground this is he who hears and understands the word, who bears fruit also, and produces, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.

and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is the completion of the age, and the harvestmen are angels.

And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man that is a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.

But when Jesus was come into the parts of Caesarea-Philippi, he demanded of his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am?

He says to them, But ye, who do ye say that I am?

And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight: hear him.

And when they came to Capernaum, those who received the didrachmas came to Peter and said, Does your teacher not pay the didrachmas?

He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What dost thou think, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom or tribute? from their own sons or from strangers?

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?

But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!

See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you that their angels in the heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens.

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

Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in the heavens.

For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.

But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay me if thou owest anything.

But he answering said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them, from the beginning made them male and female,

But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery.

And he said to them, All cannot receive this word, but those to whom it has been given;

for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

And when the disciples heard it they were exceedingly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved?

And Jesus said to them, Verily I say unto you, That ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit down upon his throne of glory, ye also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And every one who has left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit life eternal.

For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

And when they who came to work about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.

saying, These last have worked one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.

And he says to them, Ye shall drink indeed my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared of my Father.

And the crowds who went before him and who followed cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed be he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest.

And as he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying, Who is this?

And the crowds said, This is Jesus the prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee.

And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil men, and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,

On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,

And call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.

Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.

So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains;