Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and yet not willing to make her a publick example, purposed to put her away privily.

(Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet,

And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou,

Bethlehem in the land of Judah, art in no wise the least among the princes of Judah; for out of thee shall come forth a Ruler, who shall feed my people Israel.

Then Herod, having privately called the wise men, inquired of them with great exactness, at what time the star appeared:

And having heard the king, they departed; and lo the star which they had seen in the East, moved on before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

And saying, Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,

But even the axe already lieth at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire.

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather the wheat into the garner, but will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

And lo a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

And saith to him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall charge his angels concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Jesus said to him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Then Jesus saith to him, Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt at Capernaum, which is on the sea coast, in the borders of Zebulon and Naphthali: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet,

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.

A city that is situated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do they light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house.

Ye have heard, that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt do no murder, and whosoever doth murder, shall be liable to the judgment.

Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him, lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt in no wise come out thence, till thou hast paid the last farthing.

Ye have heard, that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery.

But if thy right eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

And if thy right-hand cause thee to offend, cut it off and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of Divorce.

Again, ye have heard, that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform thine oaths unto the Lord.

But I say unto you, Swear not at all, neither by heaven, for it is God's throne.

Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head; for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

Ye have heard, that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye?

Do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the heathens so?

But when thou dost alms, let not thy left-hand know what thy right-hand doth:

Be not therefore like them; for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Behold the birds of the air: they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.

Are ye not much better than they? And which of you by taking thought can add to his age the smallest measure?

And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Therefore take not thought, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or what shall we wear?

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge,

ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote from thine eye, and behold a beam is in thine own eye?

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.

For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

What man is there of you, who if his son ask bread, will give him a stone?

Enter ye in thro' the straight gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are that go in thro' it:

Because straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there are that find it.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name have done many wonderful works?

and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell not; for it was founded on a rock.

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it.

And when Jesus had ended these sayings, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, For he taught them as one having authority,

For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.

When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

And Jesus said to the centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast believed, be it to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour.

When it was evening, they brought to him many demoniacs; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were ill:

Whereby was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.

But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and seas obey him?

And when he was come to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.

And behold they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God?

So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go into the herd of swine.

And he said to them, Go. And coming out, they went into the herd of swine, and behold the whole herd rushed down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

But they that kept them fled, and going into the city, told every thing, and what had befallen the demoniacs.

And behold the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing him, they besought him, to depart out of their coasts.

And he arose and went to his own house. And the multitude seeing it,

And as Jesus passed along from thence, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the receit of custom, and saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And as Jesus sat at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with him and his disciples.

And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples, Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners?

But Jesus hearing it, said to them, They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

No man putteth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: for that which is put in to fill it; taketh from the garment and the rent is made worse.

And Jesus coming into the ruler's house, and seeing the minstrels and the croud who cried out aloud,

And the fame of it went abroad into all that country.

Then he touched their eyes, saying, Be it unto you, according to your faith.

And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

But when they were gone out, they spread his fame in all that country.

As they were going out, behold men brought a dumb demoniac to him.

And when the devil were cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never seen thus, even in Israel.

But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils.

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to heal every disease and every malady.

And as ye go, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses: Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor yet a staff:

And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till ye go thence.

And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it;

but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words; when ye go out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.

Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

But when they deliver you, take no thought, how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that very hour what ye shall speak.

For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of the Father who speaketh in you.

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord.

What I tell you in darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

For I am come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law.