and when he was thinking on these things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph thou Son of David, scruple not to take unto thee Mary 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.

So Joseph, when he awoke from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord directed him, and took home his wife:

and he knew her not, till she brought forth her Son the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him:

and having summoned together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he enquired of them where the Messiah was to be born: and they told him, at Bethlehem in Judea;

and sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Go and make diligent search for the child, and when ye have found Him, let me know, that I also may come and worship Him.

And he arose and took the child and his mother by night, and went away into Egypt:

Then Herod, when he saw that he was baffled by the wise-men, was very much enraged; and he sent and slew all the male-children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly inquired of the wise-men.

And he arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel:

but when he heard that Archelaus reigned over Judea in the room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither; however being warned of God in a dream, he retired into the district of Galilee.

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.

for this is He who was spoken of by Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the desert, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."

But when he saw many of the pharisees and sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but He that cometh after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: He shall baptize you with the holy Spirit and with fire.

Whose fan is in his hand, and He will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and gather the wheat into his granary, but will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Then he permitted Him. And Jesus as soon as He was baptized came up from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened unto Him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon Him:

and when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, at last He was very hungry.

but He answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live upon bread only, but on whatever proceedeth from the mouth of God."

and saith unto Him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge concerning thee, and they shall bear thee up as in their hands, least at any time thou shouldst dash thy foot against a stone:

Again the devil taketh Him to a very high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Now when Jesus heard that John was imprisoned, He departed into Galilee:

and leaving Nazareth He came and dwelt in Capernaum a maritime town, on the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:

Now as Jesus was walking by the sea of Galilee, He saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; (for they were fishermen:)

and He saith unto them, Come with me, and I will make you fishers of men:

And going on from thence He saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets;

and He called them also; and they immediately left the ship, and their father, and followed Him.

And his fame spread abroad into all Syria; and they brought unto Him all their sick, that laboured under various diseases and torments; even those who were possessed with devils, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them:

And seeing the multitudes He went up to a mountain, and when He was set down, His disciples came to Him,

and He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Whosoever therefore shall break one of the left of these commandments, and thereby teach men so to do, he shall be esteemed very little in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever shall do as well as teach them, he shall be accounted great in the kingdom of heaven.

but I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except on account of whoredom, tempteth her to commit adultery; and if any man marry her that is divorced, he committeth adultery.

that ye may be the children of your heavenly Father; for He causeth his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain upon the just and the unjust.

but if thine eye be bad, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or at lest he will be attached to the one, and neglect the other: ye cannot serve God and mammon:

And why are ye sollicitous about raiment? consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I tell you,

Now if God so clothe the grass of the field, which is growing to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the fire, will He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or how shall we be clothed?

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me take the chaff out of thine eye, and behold, there is a beam in thine own eye?

Thou hypocrite, first get the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see how to take the splinter out of thy brother's eye.

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

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

If ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to them that ask Him?

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father, who is in heaven:

for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

Now as he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him.

for I also am a man under the authority of others, yet have soldiers under me; and I say to one, go, and he goeth; and to another, come, and he cometh; and to my servant, do this, and he doth it.

And when Jesus heard it He marvelled, and said to them that followed Him, Verily, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith even in Israel:

And when Jesus came to Peter's house. He saw his wife's mother lying ill of a fever:

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

And when it was evening they brought to him many demoniacs: and he cast out the evil spirits with a word, and healed all that were ill: that it might be fulfilled,

which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, He took our infirmities himself, and bore our diseases.

But when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, he gave orders for departing to the other side of the lake.

But another of his disciples, whom he ordered to follow Him, said unto Him, Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father:

And when He was entered into the ship, his disciples followed Him:

and behold a great tempest rose on the sea, so that the vessel was even covered by the waves; but He was asleep.

And His disciples came to Him, and awoke Him, saying, Lord save us, for we are perishing: and He saith unto them,

Why are ye so frighted, O ye of little faith? Then He rose up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

And when He was come to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two demoniacs coming out from the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no one could pass by that way:

and He said unto them, Go: and they came out and went away into the herd of swine; and lo, all the herd of swine ran furiously down a precipice into the sea,

And He entered into the ship and passed over, and came to his own city:

but that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, Arise (saith He then to the paralytic) and take up thy couch, and go away to thy house.

And he rose up and went away to his own house.

And as Jesus was passing from thence, He saw a man sitting at the custom-house, named Matthew; and He saith to him, Follow me: and he rose up and followed Him.

And as He was sitting at table in the house of Matthew, behold, several publicans and notorious sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

As He was speaking these things to them, behold there came a ruler and worshipped Him, saying, My daughter is at the point of death: but come, I pray Thee, and put thy hand upon her, and she shall live:

He saith unto them, Retire; for the child is not dead, but asleep. And they laughed at Him.

But when the people were put out, He went in and took hold of her hand, and the damsel rose up.

And when He was come into the house, the blind men came to Him: and Jesus saith unto them, Do ye believe that I am able to do this? and they say unto Him, Yes Lord.

Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done unto you: and their eyes were opened.

but the pharisees said, he casts out devils by the prince of the devils.

And when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion towards them; because they were dispersed and scattered like sheep that have no shepherd:

upon which He saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers few:

therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He would send out laborers into his harvest.

And He called unto Him his twelve disciples, and gave them power over impure spirits, even to cast them out; and to cure all diseases and every malady whatsoever.

Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, even he that betrayed Him.

but when they take you up, be not sollicitous how, or what ye shall say; for ye shall be taught in that very instant what ye shall speak: for it is not you that speak,

and ye shall be hated by all men for professing my name; but he that perseveres to the end shall certainly be saved.

it is sufficient sure for the disciple that he be treated as his master, and the servant as his lord. If then they call the master of the house 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 his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

He that would save his life shall lose it; and he, that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth Him that sent me.

He that receiveth a prophet as a prophet, shall have a prophet's reward: and he that receiveth a righteous man as such, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

And whosoever shall give to one of these mean persons but a cup of cold water to drink, as my disciple, I assure you, he shall not lose his reward.

And when Jesus had made an end of giving orders to his twelve disciples, He departed from thence to teach and preach in their cities.

he sent two of his disciples to ask Him, Art thou He who was to come, or are we to expect another?

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

For I assure you that in the whole human race there hath not risen a greater than John the baptist: though the lest in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he:

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

for John came neither eating nor drinking as others do, and they say, He is beside himself:

Then began He to upbraid the cities, in which most of his miracles were wrought; because they did not repent.

All things are delivered to me by my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, but the Father; nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal Him.

But He replied, Have ye not read what David did, when he, and his attendants, were hungry? how he went into the house of God,

And he went away and came into their synagogue: and there being a man there who had a withered hand,

But He said unto them, What man of you shall have one of his sheep fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, and will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

And of how much more worth is a man than a sheep? Sure then it is lawful to do good on the sabbath-days.

Then saith He to the man, Stretch out thine hand: and he stretched it out, and it was made sound like the other.

But the pharisees went out of the synagogue and took counsel together against Him, how they might destroy Him:

and he healed them all, charging them not to make Him known: