And he meditating on these things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying; Joseph, son of David, do not fear to receive Mary thy wife; for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit;

she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins.

Where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east, and have come to worship Him-

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it has been written by the prophet;

And thou, Bethlehem, the land of Judea, art by no means the least among the princes of Judah; for out of thee shall come a leader, who will shepherd my people, Israel.

and sending them to Bethlehem he said; Having gone search diligently for the young child; and when you may find Him, notify me, in order that I, having gone, may worship Him also.

And they having gone away, behold, the angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying; Having arisen, take the young child and His mother, and fly into Egypt; and be thou there until I may speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child in order to destroy Him.

A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and weeping and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children; and was not willing to be comforted, because they are not.

Having arisen, take with you the young child and His mother, and depart into the land of Israel; for those seeking the life of the young child are dead.

saying, Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand.

and think not to say among yourselves; We have Abraham, our father; for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

And Jesus responding said to him; Suffer it now; for thus it is becoming us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers Him.

and says to Him; If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it has been written, That He will give His angels charge concerning thee, and upon their hand they will bear thee, lest thou mayest dash thy foot against a stone.

If having fallen down thou mayest worship me: then Jesus says to him, Get behind me, Satan; for it has been written; Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of the heavens draweth nigh.

And He walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting their net into the sea; for they were fishers.

Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

Blessed are ye when they may despise you, and shall persecute you, and may say all evil against you, falsifying, for my sake.

Rejoice, and he exceedingly glad: because your reward is great in the heavens: for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

For truly I say unto you, Until heaven and earth may pass away, one jot or tittle can not pass from the law, until all things may be accomplished.

For I say unto you, that if your righteousness may not abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you can not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not that thy whole body may go away into hell.

You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies with a divine love, bless those who curse you and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you:

For if you love those that love you, what reward have ye? because the publicans also do the same.

And praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do: for they think they shall be heard in their much speaking.

Therefore be not like unto them: for your Father knows of what things you have need, before you ask him.

For if you may not forgive the people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will not forgive you:

And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break through and steal:

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not corrupt, and thieves do not break through and steal:

for where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.

For the light of the body is the eye. If thine eye may be clear, thy whole body will he lighted.

No one is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.

Therefore I say unto you, Be not solicitous for your soul what you may eat, nor for your body what you may put on. Is not your soul more valuable than food, and your body than raiment?

For after all these things the heathen were seeking; for your heavenly Father knoweth that you need all these things.

Therefore be not solicitous unto the morrow: for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

For with what criticism you criticise, you will be criticised: and with what measure you measure, it will be measured unto you.

For every one asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking it shall be opened.

Therefore all things whatsoever you may wish that the people may do unto you, do ye even so unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and fell against that house; and it did not fall; for it was founded upon the rock.

for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

And Jesus says to him, See that you may tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

For I am also a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

For whether is it easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or, Arise, and walk about?

But having gone, learned what this is, I wish mercy and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

But no one puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment; for it takes its fullness from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

For she continued to say within herself, If I may only touch His garment, I will be saved.

says to them; Retire: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they hooted at Him.

nor valise for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

Truly I say unto you, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

Beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrins, and will beat you in their synagogues;

and they will lead you before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them and the Gentiles.

And when they may deliver you, be not solicitous how or what you may speak: for it will be given unto you in that hour what you may say.

For you are not those speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking in you.

And when they may persecute you in this city, fly to another: for truly I say unto you, You may not complete the cities of Israel, until the Son of man may come.

It is sufficient for the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant, as his lord: if they call the landlord Beelzebul, how much more the inmates of his house?

Therefore fear them not; for there is nothing hidden, that shall not be revealed; nothing secret, that shall not be known.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and one of them will not fall to the ground without your Father.

For I came to divide a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:

The one having found his soul shall lose it; and the one losing his soul for my sake shall find it.

for this is he, concerning whom it has been written, Behold, I send my messenger before my face, who will prepare thy way before thee.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied till John.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

Moreover I say unto you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

Moreover I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

How he came into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor those with him, except the priests only?

For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by the fruit.

O ye generations of vipers, how are you, being evil, able to speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shah be condemned.

For as Jonah was in the stomach of the whale three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

For whosoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, the same is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.

For Herod having arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip.

For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

And it being evening, His disciples came to Him saying, It is a desert place, and the hour is already advanced; therefore send away the multitudes, that they having gone into the villages, may purchase for themselves victuals.

And the ship was already midsea, laboring by the waves; for the wind was contrary.

Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

For God commanded saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die with death.

For out of the heart proceed evil reasonings, murders, fornications, adulteries, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

And she said, Yea, Lord: for the little dogs eat of the crumbs falling from their master's table.

and in the morning, It will be stormy to-day: for the lowering sky is red: ye hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the sky: but are you not able to discern the signs of the times?

For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whosoever may lose his soul for my sake shall find it.

For what is a man profited, if he may gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will give to each one according to his works.

And Peter responding, said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: it you will, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is a lunatic and suffers terribly: for frequently he falls into the fire, and frequently into the water.

and Jesus says to them, On account of your unbelief. For truly I say unto you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

But in order that we may not offend them, going to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the first fish coming up; and opening its mouth, you will find a stater: having received it, give it to them for me and thee.

But whosoever may offend one of these little ones, who believe in me, it is good for him that a millstone may be hanged to his neck, and he may be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Woe unto the world on account of offensives, for it is necessary that offensives come; but woe unto that man through whom the offense comes!

If thy hand or thy foot offends thee, cut them off and cast them from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.

And if thine eye offend thee, cast it from thee: it is good for thee having one eye entering into life, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of the fire.

See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that their angels in heaven do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens.

For where two or three are assembled in my name, there I am in the midst of them.

And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying to Him; Is it lawful for a man to send away his wife for any cause?

But I say unto you, That whosoever may send away his wife, not for fornication, and may marry another, commits adultery.

For there are eunuchs, who have been so born from the womb of their mother. And there are eunuchs, who have been eunuchized by men: and there are eunuchs, who eunuchized themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.

But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of the heavens.