And, while thinking of these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to yourself Mary your wife; for that which was begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins."

saying, "Where is He that is born King of the Jews, For we saw His star in the east, and we came to do Him homage."

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

"And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the governors of Judah; for out of you shall come forth a Governor, who shall be shepherd of My people Israel."

And, they having departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Having risen, take the Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there till I speak to you; for Herod is about to seek the Child to destroy Him."

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

"Arising, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the life of the Child are dead."

saying, "Repent ye for the Kingdom of Heaven has drawn near;

for this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah, the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'"

and think not to say within yourselves, 'As a father we have Abraham;' for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness." Then He suffers Him.

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.'"

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.'"

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent ye; for the Kingdom of Heaven has drawn near."

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

"Happy are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness: because they shall be filled.

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

"Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake.

Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in Heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

"Ye are the salt of the earth; but, if the salt become tasteless, with what shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing, except, when cast without, to be trodden under foot by men.

For verily I say to you, till the heaven and the earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.

For I say to you that, unless your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

"And, if your right eye is causing you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be cast into Hell.

"And, if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body go away into Hell.

"Ye heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,'

but I say to you, Love your enemies; and pray for those who persecute you;

For, if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? do not even the tax-collectors the same?

"And, when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: verily I say to you, they have their reward.

"And, when praying, use not vain repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think that for their much speaking they shall be heard.

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

"For, if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you;

"And, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through, and steal;

but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where theives do not break through, nor steal;

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

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

Therefore, I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink; nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?

For after all these things the nations are seeking; for your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Be not, therefore, anxious for the morrow; for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its evil.

for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.

for every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened.

Or what man is there of you who, if his son shall ask him for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

"All things, therefore, whatsoever ye wish that men should do to you, so do ye also to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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.

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

And Jesus saith to him, "See that you tell no one: but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers; 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 which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Arise, and walk.'

But, going, learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice;' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

"And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse rent is made."

for she was saying within herself, "If I only touch His garment, I shall be made well."

said, "Withdraw; for the damsel did not die, but is sleeping." And they were laughing at Him.

And, seeing the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd.

Procure neither gold, nor silver, nor brass, for your girdles;

nor wallet for your journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer is worthy of his food.

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

But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to high-councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;

and before the governors and the kings shall ye be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles.

And, when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak;

for it is not ye that speak, but, the Spirit of your Father Who speaketh in you.

And ye will be hated by all, for My name's sake; but he who endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

"And, when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next; for verily I say to you, ye will in no wise finish the cities of Israel, till the Son of Man come!

It is enough for the disciple, that he become as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his house-hold?

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

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.

for I came to set a man at variance with his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

"He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for My sake shall find it.

said to Him, "Art Thou the Coming One, or are we to look for another?"

for all the prophets and the law prophesied until John;

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

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

Nevertheless, I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you!"

Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; because I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls;

for My yoke is easy, and My burden light."

how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but only for the priests?

for the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree worthless and its fruit worthless; for from the fruit the tree is known.

"Broods of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being yourselves evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

for by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned."

For, as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

For whosoever does the will of My Father Who is in Heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother."

For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be made to abound; but whosoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

for the heart of this people was made gross, and with their ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them.'

For verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what ye are seeing, and did not see them; and to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear them.

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

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

And, evening coming on, the disciples came to Him, saying, "The place is desert, and the time already passed by: dismiss the multitudes, that, having gone into the villages, they may buy food for themselves."

But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves; for the wind was contrary.

And the disciples, seeing Him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear.

"Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands, when they eat bread!"

For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die,'

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies:

But He answered her not a word. And His disciples, coming near, were beseeching Him, saying, "Send her away; for she is crying after us!"

But she said, "Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs eat of the crumbs falling from the master's table."

and He, answering, said to them, "When it is evening, ye say, 'It will be fair, for the heaven is red;'

and in the morning, 'Today, a tempest; for red is the overcast heaven.' The face of the heaven, indeed, ye know how to discern, but the signs of the times ye can not discern.

for whosoever wishes to save his soul shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his soul for My sake shall find it;

for what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and suffer damage as to his soul? or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul?