Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit.

And Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the King, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,

And they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judaea;" for thus it has been written through the prophet:

And, having been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed by another way into their own country.

But, hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Juda instead of his father Herod, he feared to go thither; and, having been divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee;

And, having been immersed, Jesus went up straightway from the water; and, behold, the heavens were opened; and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, coming upon Him;

But He, answering, said, "It has been written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"

and says to Him, "If Thou art a Son of God, cast Thyself down; for it has been written, 'He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee; and on their hands they shall bear Thee up; lest at any time Thou shouldest dash Thy foot against a stone.'"

Jesus said to him, "Again it has been written, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

Then Jesus saith to him, "Depart, Satan; for it has been written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'"

"Happy are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

and saying, "Lord, my boy has been prostrated in my house, a paralytic, fearfully afflicted."

and, the demon having been cast oat, the dumb spake. And the multitudes wondered, saying, "Never was it so seen in Israel!"

Fear them not, therefore; for nothing has been covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

But the very hairs of your head have all been numbered.

This is he of whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee.'

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! because, if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes;

"And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to Heaven? You shall go down to Hades; because, if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

And He, answering, said to them, "Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it has not been given.

When any one hears the word of the Kingdom, and understands it not, the evil one comes, and snatches away what has been sown in his heart: this is he that was sown by the wayside.

and He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe, having been made a disciple to the Kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old."

I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; and whatsoever you shall bind on the earth shall have been bound in Heaven, and whatsoever you shall loose on the earth shall have been loosed in Heaven."

Verily, I say to you, whatsoever ye bind upon the earth shall have been bound in Heaven, and whatsoever ye loose on the earth shall have been loosed in Heaven.

He saith to them, "Moses, in view of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so.

But He said to them, "Not all can receive this saying, but those to whom it has been given;

He saith to them, "My cup, indeed, ye shall drink; but to sit on My right hand, and on My left, is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father."

And He saith to them, "It has been written, 'My house, shall be called a house of prayer; but ye are making it a den of robbers!'"

And he sent forth his servants to call those who had been invited to the marriage feast, and they were not willing to come.

"Again he sent forth other servants, saying, 'Say to those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and fatlings have been slain, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.'

Then he says to his servants, 'The marriage feast, indeed is ready; but those who had been invited were not worthy;

And the Pharisees, having been gathered together, Jesus questioned them,

'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

but at midnight a cry has been made, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him!'

For this might have been sold for much, and given to the poor!"

The Son of Man, indeed, goeth, as it has been written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It were good for him, if that man had never been born!"

Then Jesus saith to them, "All ye will be made to stumble because of Me this night; for it has been written, 'I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered abroad.'

And the angel, answering, said to the women, "Fear not; for I know that ye are seeking Jesus Who hath been crucified.

As it has been written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way;

and saying, "The time has been fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God, has come near. Repent ye, and believe in the Gospel."

And He said to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those without all things are done in parables;

And these are those by the wayside, where the word is sown; and, when they hear, straightway Satan comes, and catches away the word which has been sown in them.

And, having been roused up, He rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! be still!" And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces, and no one had strength to tame him.

And, as He was entering into the boat, he that had been a demoniac was beseeching Him, that he might be with Him.

and having suffered many things under many physicians, and having spent all that she had, and having been profited nothing, but rather coming into the worse state,

And He said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, This people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me.

And He said to them, "Elijah, indeed, comes first, and restores all things; and how it has been written concerning the Son of Man, that He should suffer many things, and be set at naught;

but I say to you that Elijah has both come, and they did to him whatsoever they wished, as it has been written of him."

For He was teaching His disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and, having been killed, after three days He will rise again."

but to sit on My right hand, or on My left, is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."

And He was teaching, and said to them, "Has it not been written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations;' but ye have made it a den of robbers!"

for those days will be a time of tribulation, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

And, unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would have been saved; but, for the elect's sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

But there were some who were much displeased among themselves, saying, "To what purpose has this waste of the ointment been made?

For this ointment could have been sold for above three hundred denaries, and given to the poor!" And they were murmuring against her.

Because the Son of Man is going as it has been written concerning Him; but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It were good for him, if that man had not been born."

And Jesus saith to them, "All ye will be made to stumble; because it has been written, 'I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered abroad.'

And he, having brought linen cloth, and having taken Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

And, looking up, they see that the stone has been rolled back; for it was exceedingly great.

She, going, told it to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping.

Forasmuch as many took in hand to arrange in order a narrative concerning the facts that have been fully confirmed among us,

And the angel, answering, said to him, "I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak to you, and to proclaim these glad tidings to you.

(as it has been written in the law of the Lord??Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"");

as it has been written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight His paths.

And he said to them, "Exact no more than that which has been appointed you."

And Jesus made answer to him, "It has been written, 'Not on bread alone shall man live.'"

And the Devil said to Him, "To Thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them; because to me it has been delivered, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'"

for it has been written, 'He will command His angels concerning you, to keep watch over you;

And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and He went, according to His custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.

And there was given to Him a book of the prophet Isaiah; and, opening the book, He found the place where it had been written,

And He began to say to them, "To-day has this Scripture been fulfilled in your ears."

and, rising up, they cast Him forth out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, to throw Him down headlong;

This is he concerning whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send forth My messenger before Thy face, who will prepare Thy way before Thee.'

And all the people, having heard, and the tax-collectors, justified God, having been immersed with the immersion of John.

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God as to themselves, not having been immersed by him.

And He said to her, "Your sins have been forgiven."

and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

And He said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables; that, seeing, they may not see, and, hearing, they may not understand.

And it was reported to Him, "Thy mother and Thy brothers have been standing without, wishing to see Thee."

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

Notwithstanding, rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice, because your names have been written in Heaven."

And He said to him, "What has been written in the law? How do you read?"

and he from within, answering, shall say, 'Trouble me not; already the door has been shut, and my children are with me in the bed; I cannot rise and give you.'

that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed from the founding of the world, may be required of this generation??51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah who perished between the altar and the house??ea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.'

In the meantime, the vast multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread one upon another, He began to say to His disciples, first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

But nothing has been covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

But even the hairs of your head have all been numbered; fear not, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

And Jesus, seeing her, called and said to her, "Woman, you have been loosed from your infirmity."

And was it not right that this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, lo, eighteen years, should have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?"

"When you are bidden by any one to a marriage feast, sit not on the first seat, lest possibly a more honorable man than you may have been invited by him;

And the servant said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.'

for I say to you, that no one of those men who have been invited shall taste of my supper."

because this my son was dead, and came to life again; had been lost, and was found.' And they began to be merry.

But it was meet to make merry, and rejoice; because this your brother was dead, and came to life again; and had been lost, and was found."

And a certain poor man, Lazarus by name, had been laid at his gate, full of sores,

And, in all these things, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed; so that those wishing to cross from hence to you cannot; nor do they pass from thence to us.'

saying to them, "It has been written, 'And My house shall be a house of prayer;' but ye made it a den of robbers."