And you will be named happy by all nations: for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of armies.

And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property; and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant.

Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.

For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.

But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.

And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.

And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.

And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.

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.

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

And he came and was living in a town named Nazareth: so that the word of the prophets might come true, He will be named a Nazarene.

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:

In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

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

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

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

Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

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

Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

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

You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

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.

For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

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:

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.

Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your 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 in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

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.

But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:

For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.

The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.

But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.

Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?

You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

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.

Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?

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?

By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.

So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.

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.

A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?

And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.

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 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 I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:

But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

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

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.

And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

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

And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

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

But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.

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

But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.

And a man will be hated by those of his house.

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 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.

And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.

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

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.

But I say to you, It will be better for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judging, than for you.

And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom in the day of judging, than for you.

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.

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

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?

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.

His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries; and his voice will not be lifted up in the streets.

The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.