And he shall reign over the house of Jacob; for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Then said Mary to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

Now Elisabeth's full time came, that she should be delivered, and she brought forth a son.

But his mother answering said, Nay, but he shall be called John.

(Now this first inrolment was made, when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

And she brought forth her son, the first-born, and swathed him, and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year, at the feast of the passover.

And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew it not,

And he said to them, Why sought ye me? Knew ye not, that I must be about my Father's business?

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

And now also the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

And he said to them, Exact no more than what is appointed you.

And the soldiers likewise asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your pay.

Now while all the people were baptizing, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized,

the son of Heber, the son of Sala, The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, The son of Methuselah,

And he said, Verily I say to you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.

What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy one of God.

Now when the sun was set, all that had any sick of divers diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

And devils also came out of many, crying out and saying, Thou art Christ, the Son of God. And he rebuking them, suffered them not to say, that they knew he was the Christ.

And he charged him to tell no man: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

But that ye may know, that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (he said to the paralytic) I say to thee, Arise, take up thy couch, and go to thine house.

He spake also a parable to them, No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; otherwise both the new maketh a rent, and the piece out of the new agreeth not with the old.

And no man putteth new wine into old leathern-bottles: else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles will perish.

But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both are preserved.

And no man having drunk old wine, straightway desireth new; for he saith, The old is better.

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man that had the withered hand, Rise up and stand forth in the midst.

Happy are ye that hunger now; for ye shall be satisfied: happy are ye that weep now; for ye shall laugh.

Wo to you that are full; for ye shall hunger: wo to you that laugh now; for ye shall mourn and weep.

For there is no good tree which bringeth forth corrupt fruit, neither a corrupt tree, which bringeth forth good fruit.

Now when he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof.

Jesus hearing these things, marvelled at him, and turning, said to the people that followed him, I say to you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

And as he drew nigh the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a great multitude of the city was with her.

And behold a woman in the city, who had been a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at table in the Pharisee's house,

And turning to the woman, he said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath watered my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

Thou gavest me no kiss; but she, from the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to others in parables, so that seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not understand.

Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.

Those on the rock are they, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. But they have no root, who for a while believe; but in time of temptation fall away.

That which fell among thorns are they, who, having heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

No man having lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.

And as he went forth to land, there met him out of the city, a certain man that had had devils a long time, and wore no clothes, neither abode in an house, but in the tombs.

And Jesus said, Some one hath touched me; for I know that virtue is gone out of me.

And her parents were astonished: but he charged them, to tell no man that which had been done.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him. And he was perplexed,

And when the multitudes knew it, they followed him, and he received them and spake to them of the kingdom of God and healed them that had need of healing.

But he said to them, give ye them to eat. And they said, we have no more than five loaves and two fishes, except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

to tell this to no man, saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone: and they held their peace, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.

But he turning rebuked them and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of:

Jesus said to him, No man having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Carry not purse or scrip or shoes, and salute no man by the way.

And heal the sick that are therein, and say to them, The kingdom of God is come nigh to you.

Even the dust of your city which cleaveth to our feet, do we wipe off against you: yet know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand.

All things are delivered to me of my Father; and no one knoweth who the Son is, but the Father, and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was the neighbour to him that fell among the robbers?

And he from within shall answer, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed: I cannot rise and give thee?

If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

And the multitudes being gathered thick together, he said, This is an evil generation: it seeketh a sign; but no sign shall be given it, save the sign of Jonah.

No man having lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.

Now ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the dish; but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness.

But I say to you, my friends; Fear not them that kill the body, and after that can do no more:

take no thought how or what ye shall answer or what ye shall say. For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in that hour, what ye ought to say.

For I have no room where to stow my fruits. And he said, This I will do: I will pull down my barns and build greater; and there will I stow all my fruits and my goods.

And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat, neither for the body what ye shall put on.

Sell what ye have and give alms: provide yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

And this ye know, that if the master of the house had known, what hour the thief would have come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broke open.

And that servant who knew his Lord's will, and prepared not, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For to whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required; and to whom they have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Suppose ye that I am come to send peace upon earth? I tell you, Nay, but rather division.

I tell thee, thou shalt in no wise come out thence, till thou hast paid the last mite.

I tell you, Nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

I tell you, Nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

When once the master of the house is risen up and hath shut the door, and ye begin to stand without, and knock at the door saying, Lord, Lord, open to us: He shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are.

But he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

And he sent his servants at supper time to say to them that were invited, Come, for all things are now ready.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine ate: and no man gave to him.

I am no more worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants.

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field. And as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

And calling him, he said to him, Why hear I this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

I know what to do, that when I am removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

But Abraham said, Son, remember, that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

And he said, Nay, father Abraham; but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the son of man.

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Verily I say to you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein.

And he said to them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children,

And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

And while he was yet nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging.

Now this was a rich man.

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh Jerusalem, and because they thought the kingdom of God would immediately appear.

And when he was returned, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he had given the money, to know what each had gained by trading.

And as he drew nigh to Bethpage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives,

And when he was now come nigh, at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works that they had seen,

saying, O that thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day the things that are for thy peace. But now they are hid from thine eyes.

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour; but they feared the people; for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

And they asked him, saying, Master, we know, that thou speakest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou persons, but teachest the way of God in truth: