and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:

and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

Then Herod, privately having called the mages, did inquire exactly from them the time of the appearing star,

And they, having heard the king, departed, and lo, the star, that they did see in the east, did go before them, till, having come, it stood over where the child was.

And having come into the house they saw the little child with Mary his mother, and falling down did him homage. And having opened their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.

"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because {they exist no longer}."

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.

and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.

and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?

and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'

for He was teaching them as one who had authority [to teach entirely of His own volition], and not as their scribes [who relied on others to confirm their authority].

And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him,

And behold, a leper came up to him and did him homage, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou art able to cleanse me.

Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so: "I am willing; become clean." Instantly he was made clean from his leprosy;

And Jesus having heard, did wonder, and said to those following, 'Verily I say to you, not even in Israel so great faith have I found;

and He did but touch her hand, and the fever left her; and she rose up and waited on them.

And evening having come, they brought to him many demoniacs, and he did cast out the spirits with a word, and did heal all who were ill,

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'Himself took our infirmities, and the sicknesses he did bear.'

And Jesus having seen great multitudes about him, did command to depart to the other side;

And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him,

Suddenly, they screamed, "What do you want with us, Son of God? Did you come here to torture us before the proper time?"

and those feeding did flee, and, having gone to the city, they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs.

and the multitudes having seen, wondered, and glorified God, who did give such power to men.

And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

"No one ever sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old cloak. If they did, the patch put on to fill it up would tear away from the cloak, and the rent be made worse.

Also, people do not put freshly squeezed grape juice into bottles made of previously used animal skins. If they did, the [old dried-out] animal skins would break open and the grape juice would [all] leak out, and the animal skins would become useless. But people put freshly squeezed grape juice into newly prepared animal skin bottles. That way both of them will survive."

As he spoke these things to them, behold, a ruler coming in did homage to him, saying, My daughter has by this died; but come and lay thy hand upon her and she shall live.

And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.

and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,

he saith to them, 'Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;

but they, having gone forth, did spread his fame in all that land.

and the demon having been cast out, the dumb spake, and the multitude did wonder, saying that 'It was never so seen in Israel:'

Never did it so appear in Israel. And the Pharisees continued to say, He casts out the demons through the prince of the demons.

And [when he] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were weary and dejected, like sheep that did not have a shepherd.

Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up.

These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, 'To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out -- freely ye did receive, freely give.

sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?

'Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out in the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind [which is commonplace]?

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing [entirely unsuited for the harsh desert]? Those who wear soft clothing are in the palaces of kings!

But what did you [really] go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one [more eminent, more remarkable, and] far more than a prophet [who foretells the future].

for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy,

and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.

For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform.

Yes Father, you did this because it was very pleasing to you.

At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat,

But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

'Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,

'Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

Then they brought unto him, one demonized, blind and dumb, - and he cured him, so that the dumb did speak and see.

'But if I, by the Spirit of God, do cast out the demons, then come already unto you did the reign of God.

The men of Ninive will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for when Jonah preached they did repent, and here is One greater than Jonah.

and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,

and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once because it did not have [any] depth of soil.

But [when] the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.

and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

But, some, fell upon the good ground, and did yield fruit, - this, indeed a hundred fold, and, that, sixty, and, the other, thirty.

for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

for verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which ye behold and did not see them, and to hear the things which ye hear and did not hear them.

The servants of the owner came to him and said, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then how does it have weeds in it?’

And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, that having gone away we may gather it up?

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,

Then the people who did what was right will shine out like the sun in their Father's kingdom. The person who has ears [to hear with] ought to listen [to this] carefully.

'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind,

which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they did cast out,

At the end of the world it will be that same way. The angels will come and divide the sinful people from the ones who did what was right,

Jesus saith to them, 'Did ye understand all these?' They say to him, 'Yes, sir.'

And after coming to [Nazareth] His hometown, He began teaching them in their synagogue, and they were astonished, and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers [what is the source of His authority]?

And His sisters, are they not [living here] among us? Where then did this Man get all this [wisdom and power]?”

And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,

and said to his servants, 'This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'

For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;

And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

And they that did eat were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Immediately Jesus extended His hand and caught him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”