And as he was revolving the matter in his mind, behold, an angel of the Lord in a dream appeared unto him, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary for thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.

and he knew her not, until she had brought forth her son, the first begotten, and he called his name Jesus.

saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the East, and are come to pay him homage.

Now when Herod the king heard this, he was much agitated, and all Jerusalem with him.

And assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he enquired of them, where the Messiah should be born.

So rising up, he took the babe and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt,

Then Herod, perceiving that he was treated delusively by the Magians, was greatly exasperated, and he sent and slew all the male infants, that were in Bethlehem, and in all its territories, from their entering their second year and all under it, according to the time, which he had accurately enquired from the Magians.

So he arose, and took the child and his mother, and came unto the land of Israel.

But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the stead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither. And being divinely warned in a dream, he retired into the country of Galilee,

and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that what was said by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he shall be called a Nazarean.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O ye broods of vipers! who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will collect the wheat into his granary; but the chaff will he burn up with fire unquenchable.

Then came Jesus from Galilee unto Jordan to John, that he might be baptized by him.

But Jesus answering said unto him, Permit it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he permitted him.

And Jesus, after his baptism, came straight from the water: and lo! the heavens were opened for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as it were a dove, and coming upon him:

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he became hungry.

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, "that he shall give his angels a charge concerning thee: and in their hands shall they hold thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone."

Again the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

But when Jesus heard that John was cast into prison, he retired into Galilee;

and leaving Nazareth, he came and resided at Capernaum, a maritime city, on the confines of Zebulun and Nephthali:

And as Jesus was 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 fishermen.

And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And going on from thence, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

And there went out a report of him into all Syria: and they brought unto him all who had illness, the afflicted with various diseases and painful complaints, and the demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

THEN seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and seating himself, his disciples came to him:

and opening his mouth, he taught them, saying,

Whosoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so, he shall be accounted the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall practise, and teach them, he shall be reckoned great in the kingdom of heaven.

that ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven: for he causeth his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and tendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

But if thine eye be vitiated, thy whole body will be darkened. If therefore the light which is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

No man can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one, and love the other; or he will adhere to the one, and disregard the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Contemplate the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin:

If God then so clothe a vegetable of the field, which to-day is, [in beauty], and tomorrow is cast into the furnace, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer me to take the mote off from thine eye: and behold there is a beam in thine own eye?

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, of whom if his son ask a loaf, will he give him a stone?

or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

If ye then, evil as ye are, know how to bestow good gifts on your children; how much more will your Father who is in heaven, bestow good things on those who ask him?

Not every one who saith to me, Lord, Lord! shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

And every man who is hearing these sayings of mine, and doth not practise them, he will resemble the foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:

for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

NOW when he descended from the mount, great multitudes followed him.

For I also am a man under authority, having under my command soldiers and I say to this soldier, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

And when Jesus was come into the house of Peter, he saw his mother-in-law laid on a bed, and in a fever.

And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and waited upon them.

And when evening was come, they brought him many possessed by devils: and he cast out the spirits by a word, and all who had illnesses he cured:

that it might be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet, "Himself he took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave orders to pass to the other side.

And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where he can lay his head.

And, behold, there was a great tempest in the sea, so that the vessel was hid by the waves; but he was asleep.

And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then arising, he issued his mandate to the winds, and to the sea; and there was a great calm.

And when he came to the other side, into the region of the Girgasenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming from the sepulchres; exceeding fierce, so that no person was able to pass by that road.

And he said to them, Go. Then they going forth out [of him], entered into the herd of swine: and lo! the whole herd of the swine rushed down a precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters.

AND going on board the vessel, he passed over, and came to his own city.

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority upon earth to forgive sins, (then he saith to the paralytic,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.

And he arose, and went to his house.

And Jesus passing from thence, saw a man sitting at the custom house, called Matthew: and saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And it came to pass, as he sat in his house, many tax-gatherers and sinners came, and sat down at table with Jesus and his disciples.

And the Pharisees observing it, said to his disciples, How is this, that your Master eateth with publicans and sinners?

As he was speaking these things to them, behold, there came a ruler, and prostrated himself before him, saying, My daughter hath just now died: but come and lay thine hand upon her, and she shall live.

he saith to them, Retire; for the little girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they derided him.

So when the multitude was put out, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the little girl arose.

So when he came into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yes, Lord.

Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the devils doth he cast the devils out.

And beholding the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were fainting, and lying here and there, as sheep that had no shepherd.

Then said he to his disciples, The harvest indeed is abundant, but the labourers are few;

entreat therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth workmen for his harvest.

AND having called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease, and every malady.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, that man shall be saved.

It is sufficient if the disciple be as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the family Beelzebub, how much more his domestics?

He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

He that preserveth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall preserve it.

He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive the reward of a righteous man.

And whosoever shall give to one of these little ones, if but a cup of cold water to drink, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

AND it came to pass, when Jesus had finished his injunctions to his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.

and said unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or should we expect another?

And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended at me.

For this is he of whom it is written, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."

Verily I say unto you, There hath not arisen, from those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil:

Then began he to upbraid the cities in which the chief of his miracles had been wrought, because they repented not:

All things are delivered up to me by my Father: and no person knoweth the Son but the Father; neither knoweth any person the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.

And he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they who were with him?

how they went into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of shew-bread, of which it was not lawful for him or those who were with him to eat, but for the priests alone?

And going on from thence, he came into their synagogue;

Then he said to them; What man of you is there who hath one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath, doth he not lay hold on him, and lift him out?

Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days.

Then saith he to the man, Stretch out thy hand; and he stretched it out, and it was restored, sound as the other.

Then the Pharisees went out, and held a consultation against him, how they might make away with him.

But Jesus knew it, and retired from thence, and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all,

"Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment for the heathen.

He shall not contend, nor be clamorous; neither shall any man in the streets hear his voice.

A bruised reed shall he not break down, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he break forth in judgment for victory.

Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb; and he cured him, so as to enable the blind and dumb both to speak and see.