and Jesse begat David the king. And David the king begat Solomon, of her who had been Uriah's,

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

saying, 'Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'

And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.'

for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

'I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

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

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.

Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who is in the heavens;

that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

thus therefore pray ye: 'Our Father who art in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who is in the heavens;

that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

'And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

'But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

'Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

and then I will acknowledge to them, that -- I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.

'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

'And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

And evening having come, they brought to him many demoniacs, and he did cast out the spirits with a word, and did heal all who were ill,

and the multitudes having seen, wondered, and glorified God, who did give such power to men.

And Jesus having heard, said to them, 'They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

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

Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was surnamed Thaddeus;

Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up.

'And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire ye who in it is worthy, and there abide, till ye may go forth.

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

'And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

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

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

'He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

'He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

'He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me,

he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward,

said to him, 'Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.'

for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

and if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come;

he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him.

And he said to them, 'What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise it?

'Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

And if I, by Beelzeboul, do cast out the demons, your sons -- by whom do they cast out? because of this they -- they shall be your judges.

'He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.

And he answering said to him who spake to him, 'Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?'

for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'

He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

'And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,

'And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

'And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'

And he answering said to them, 'He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

And he said to them, 'Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.'

and having recognized him, the men of that place sent forth to all that region round about, and they brought to him all who were ill,

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

And Jesus, having come to the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking his disciples, saying, 'Who do men say me to be -- the Son of Man?'

He saith to them, 'And ye -- who do ye say me to be?'

And Jesus answering said to him, 'Happy art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

Verily I say to you, there are certain of those standing here who shall not taste of death till they may see the Son of Man coming in his reign.'

While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'

And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, 'What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth -- from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?'

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, 'Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?'

'And he who may receive one such child in my name, doth receive me,

and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

'Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!

Beware! -- ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.

Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

'Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,

'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

And he answering said to them, 'Did ye not read, that He who made them, from the beginning a male and a female made them,

'And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

And he said to them, 'All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given;

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive it -- let him receive.'

And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, 'Who, then, is able to be saved?'

And Jesus said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

'For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day -- and the heat.

And he saith to them, 'Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but -- to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.'

and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.'

And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, 'Who is this?'

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

And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, 'By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'

'Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

They say to him, 'Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'