And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as his wife;

And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.

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.

But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.

Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.

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

You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

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.

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

And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

And he said to him, I will come and make him well.

And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.

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 Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.

Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.

And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.

And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

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 he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.

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.

And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.

And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?

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.

And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?

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

And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.

He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.

And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.

And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.

But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.

Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing:

And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

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.

Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

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?

Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

Then said he to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and it was made as well as the other.

So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

And all the people were surprised and said, Is not this the Son of David?

But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.

And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction.

And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this, said to him, Master, we are looking for a sign from you.

But he, answering, said to them, An evil and false generation is looking for a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah:

And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you.

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

And he put out his hand to his disciples and said, See, my mother and my brothers!

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

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

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

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:

And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

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

And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

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 coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?

And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;

But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

And he said, Give them to me.

And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

And straight away he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, till he had sent the people away.