The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. After his mother, Mary, had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

As soon as Herod saw that he had been mocked by the Magi, he was furious. He sent and put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and all the neighborhood who were two years old or under, in accordance with the date which he had ascertained from the Magi.

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.

"Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

"Can the friends fast at a wedding-feast," said Jesus, "so long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom has been taken from them, and then they will fast.

When, however, the crowd had been driven out, he went in and took her hand, and the little girl woke up.

Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they had not repented.

"Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented, long ago, in sackcloth and ashes.

"And you too, Capernaum! Will you be exalted even to heaven? You shall go down to the Place of Death! For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which have been done in you, it would have remained until this day.

"Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.

"Then," said he, "every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."

but you say that whoever tells his father or mother, 'Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is dedicated to God,'

But Jesus called his disciples to him and said: "My heart yearns over the crowd, for they have been with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat. I am not willing to send them away hungry, for fear they faint on the road."

While they were going down from the mountain, Jesus laid a command on them. "Speak to no man about the vision," he said, "until after the Son of man has been raised from the dead."

Then the disciples divined that he had been speaking to them about John, the Baptist.

He answered them. "Not all are accepting this teaching, but only those to whom it has been granted.

"For there are eunuchs who have been such from birth; others who have been made such by men; and others who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of God. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."

"When he went out about five o'clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, "'Why have you been standing here idle, all the day long?'

My cup you indeed shall drink," he answered, "but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

In reply Jesus said to them, "In solemn truth I tell you that if you have faith and never doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Up, cast yourself into the sea!' it shall be done;

"Have you never read in the Scriptures," Jesus answered, "how The stone that the builders rejected Has been made the corner-stone; This is the Lord's doing, It is wonderful in our eyes?

"'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been their comrades in the murder of the prophets.'

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

for then shall be a time of great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never shall be again.

And if these days had not been shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect's sake these days will be cut short.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have been on his guard, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

"'Well done, good and faithful slave,' replied his master; 'You have been faithful over many things. Enter into your master's joy.'

"'Well done, good and faithful slave,' his master replied, 'You have been faithful over many things; enter into your master's joy.'

"Why is this waste? This perfume could have been sold for a good sum, and the money given to the poor."

"The Son of man is indeed to go as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were good for that man if he had never been born."

Then was fulfilled the word spoken by the prophet Jeremiah. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who had been priced, whom certain of the Children of Israel had priced;

When the Roman captain and the soldiers who were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were greatly terrified and said, "Certainly this man must have been God's Son."

There had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, and gone and rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it.

So the soldiers took the money, and did as they were told; and this story has been noised abroad among the Jews, and continues to this day.

And Jesus came forward to them and spoke to them, saying. "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

After John had been thrown into prison Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of God.

He went on to say to them. "The secret truth concerning the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside everything is told in parables,

As soon as they hear it, Satan immediately comes and snatches away the Word which has been sown in them.

Not even with a chain could any man bind him, for he had been bound with fetters and chains again and again, and had snapped the chains, and broken the fetters; and there was no one strong enough to master him.

And those who had been eye-witnesses told them what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine.

As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging to go with him; but he said,

Then Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?"

for he was explaining to his disciples that the Son of man was to be betrayed into the hands of men, and that they would put him to death, but that after he had been put to death, he would rise again after three days,

but a seat upon my right hand or my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been reserved."

On the other hand, if we say, 'From men'!" They were afraid, however, of the people, for every one held that John had been really a prophet.

For those will be days of suffering the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now, and never shall be.

Some of those who were present said among themselves indignantly. "Why has the perfume been wasted like this?

That perfume could have been sold for more than one hundred and fifty dollars, and given to the poor."

For the Son of man is going his way, as the Scripture says, but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for that man if he had never been born."

The Christ! The King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe." They also who had been crucified with Jesus kept reviling him.

But Pilate wondered whether he were already dead. So he summoned the army captain, and inquired if he had been any time dead;

So Joseph bought him a sheet, and took Jesus down, wound him in the sheet, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock, and then rolled a stone against the opening of the tomb;

She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

But they, although they heard that he was living and had been seen by her did not believe it.

Seeing that many have taken it in hand to draw up an account of those matters which have been fully established among us,

so that you may know the certainty of the story which you have been taught by the word of mouth.

But the Angel said to him. "Do not be afraid, Zachariah, because your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.

"I am Gabriel," answered the angel, "who stand in the presence of God; and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring and to bring you this good news.

"As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets Which have been since the world began

When they had seen, they made known about the words which had been spoken to them concerning the child.

Now it has been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

As soon as all that the law required had been done, they returned to Galilee to their own town, Nazareth.

When they saw him they were astonished, and his mother said to him "Child, why have you treated us so? Behold your father and I have been looking for you in anguish."

He answered, "Why is it that you have been looking for me, did you not realize that I had to be in my Father's house?"

Now after all the people had been baptized, and Jesus himself had been baptized and was praying,

"To you will I give all this authority and this glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

"It has been said," replied Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord, thy God."

Then he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up. and, as was his custom, he entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath Day, and stood up to read.

And instantly he arose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and went away to his house, glorifying God.

"But there is coming a day when the Bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then at that time they will fast."

"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.

And those who had been sent, on returning to the house, found the slave well.

The twelve were with him, and certain women whom he had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases. Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons have been driven,

Then those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been saved.

Then the woman, who saw that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and falling down before him, stated before the people for what reason she had touched him, and how she had been instantly healed.

He bade them to get her some food. Her parents were amazed; but he forbade them to tell any one what had been done.

"Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! For had the mighty been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

"All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father; and who the Father is except the Son, and he the Son wishes to reveal him."

"but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

"and this woman, who is the daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, ought she not have been loosened from bondage, though the day be the Sabbath?"

"When you are invited by any one to a marriage-feast, do not sit down in the best seat, lest a guest more distinguished than yourself has been invited, and your host come to you and say,

"At dinnertime he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.'

"And the slave said, 'My master, your orders have been carried out, but yet there is room.'

"'All these years I have been slaving for you and never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you never gave me even a kid so that I might make merry with my friends.

"If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust to you the true riches?

"And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'

"The Son of man indeed goes on his way, as it has been determined; but woe to that man by who he is betrayed."

Now when Herod saw Jesus he was exceedingly glad. He had long been wanting to see him, because he had heard so much about him, and was hoping to see some miracles performed by him.

So he had been asking him many questions, but Jesus made no answers.

Herod and Pilate became friends again from that very day; for before they had been at enmity between themselves.

(This was a man who had been thrown in prison on account of a riot which had occurred in the city, and for murder.)

He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, the man whom they asked for; but Jesus he handed over to their will.

And one of the criminals who had been hung there kept reviling him, saying. "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us."

And all the crowds who had assembled to see this spectacle, after witnessing what had been done, were returning beating upon their breast.

But all his acquaintances and the women who had been his followers continued to stand at a distance, looking on.

Then taking it down, he wrapped it in linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn in the rock, where no man has ever been laid.

They stood still, looking sad. And one of them named Cleopas, answered him, "Do you sojourn alone in Jerusalem, that you do not know what things have been happening there these days?"

John bore witness concerning him, and cried aloud, saying, "This is he of whom I said, 'He who is coming after me has been put before me, for he was before me.'"

Now it was some of the Pharisees who had been sent to him;