and Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa;

and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah,

And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself;

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and suddenly the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

Therefore you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from people. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.

"And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

And in praying, do not use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Or who is there among you, who, if his son will ask him for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he will ask for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him.

And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." And his servant was healed in that hour.

And as Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

And it happened as he sat in the house, it happened that many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

And Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.

And as Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David."

And as they went out, suddenly a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him.

And as you go, proclaim, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is near.'

And as you enter into the household, greet it.

And whoever does not receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

"Look, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

And as these went their way, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

Still others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

And what was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who truly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of the age.

And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd because they regarded him as a prophet.

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.

and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.

And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith. Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

Then the disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a crowd?"

He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Do not tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."

So he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."

and said, "Truly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to hear the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

Again, truly I tell you, that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

Should not you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? No one is good but one. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve aside, and on the way he said to them,

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

As they went out from Jericho, a great crowd followed him.

The disciples went, and did just as Jesus directed them,

Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from man?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From man,' we fear the crowd, for all hold John as a prophet."

He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."

Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'

Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth.

15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of hell as yourselves.

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her. How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not.

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

For there will arise false messiahs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

"As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,

Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?

"The King will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

"Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.'

a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

Truly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."

The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.

As they were eating, he said, "Truly I tell you that one of you will betray me."

They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It is not me, is it, Lord?"

The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."

Or do you think that I could not ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?

In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me.

and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."

Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can."

Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.

So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jewish people, and continues until this day.

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Look, I send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.

And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

And as he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.

And Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

And it happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.

For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.