So all the generations from Abraham till David are fourteen generations: and from David till the removal to Babylon are fourteen generations: and from the removal to Babylon till the Christ are fourteen generations.

But while he was 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 home Mary your wife; for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

And she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus; for he will save his people from their sins.

Now all this was done, that the word might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:

When Herod the king heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and sent out and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem and in all its borders, from the age of two years and under, according to the time which he had strictly inquired of the Magi.

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

I immerse you in water, in order to repentance; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:

whose winnowing-shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his thrashing-floor, and gather his grain into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

and said to him: If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written: He will give his angels charge concerning you; and in their hands shall they take you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,

and said to him: All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.

And he said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease, and every kind of sickness among the people.

And his fame went abroad into all Syria. And they brought to him all that were sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, and those who were possessed with demons, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he cured them.

neither do men light a lamp and place it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it gives light to all that are in the house.

For verily I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one yod or one point shall in no way pass from the law till all be fulfilled.

Come to an agreement with your opponent at law quickly, while you are on the road with him, lest your opponent at law deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

If, then, your right eye ensnare you, tear it out, and throw it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.

And if your right hand ensnare you, cut it off, and throw it from you; for it is profit able for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.

It has been said: Whoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

But I say to you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

But I say to you, Resist not the injurious. But whoever will smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

And to him that will go to law with you, and take away your coat, give your mantle also.

And whoever will compel you to go one mile, go with him two.

that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and. your Father, who sees in secret, himself will reward you openly.

But do you, when you pray, go into your closet, and when you have closed the door, pray to your Father who is in secret: and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

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

For if you forgive men their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you forgive not men their offenses, neither will your Father forgive your offenses.

that you may not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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

The lamp of the body is the eye: if, therefore, your eye be sound, your whole body will be light:

But if your eye be diseased, your whole body will be dark. If therefore, the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

No one can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and neglect the other. You can not serve God and riches.

But I say to you, That Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

If then, God so clothes the herb of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?

For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you in addition.

Therefore, be not anxious about the morrow, for the morrow will have anxieties of its own. Sufficient for the day is its own evil.

Or, how will you say to your brother, Let me pull out the splinter from your eye: and lo; a beam is in your own eye?

Hypocrite! first pull the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to pull the splinter out of your brother's eye.

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

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

If then you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

All things, therefore, whatever you would that men should do to you, even so do you to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?

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

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

And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

Therefore, whoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock:

And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying: I will; be clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

And Jesus said to him: I will go and cure him.

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying, and ill of a fever.

When the evening had come, they brought to him many that were possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and cured all that were sick;

And a certain scribe came and said to him.: Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou goest.

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

And, behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they besought him to depart out of their borders.

And it came to pass that, while Jesus was reclining at table in his house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined at table with him and his disciples.

And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then will they fast.

While he was speaking these things to them, behold, a certain ruler came and did him homage, saying: My daughter is already dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

And the fame of this went abroad in all that land.

But they went out and spread his fame abroad in all that land.

And Jesus went through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every infirmity.

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

But beware of men: for they will deliver you to the councils, and scourge you in their synagogues;

and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father the child; and children will rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And you will be hated by all men on my account: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another: for verily I say to you, You will not have made the circuit of the cities of Israel before the Son of man shall come.

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

"Whoever, therefore, will confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

But whoever will deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

And whoever will give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink, because he is a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied till John;

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

All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son, but the Father; nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

Come to me, all you that are weary, and heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

And he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the Sabbath-day, will he not lay hold on it and lift it out?

How much better, then, is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath-days.

But Jesus perceived it, and withdrew from that place. And many multitudes followed him, and he cured them all.

Be hold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul delights. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall declare law to the Gentiles.

And all the people were amazed, and said: Is not this the son of David?

Or, how can any one enter the house of the strong man and spoil his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? and then he will plunder his house.

Then he says: I will return to my house, out of which I came. And he comes and finds it empty, swept, and. set in order.

While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak to him.

For whoever will do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And many multitudes came together to him, so that he went into a ship and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

And in them is fulfilled the prophesy of Isaiah, which says: You shall surely hear, and you will not understand; and you shall surely see, and you will not perceive.

Yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while; and when affliction or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately takes offense.

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.

He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Is it your will, then, that we go and gather them up?

But he said, No; lest while you are gathering the tares, you root up the wheat with them.

Let both grow together till the harvest, and in time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Collect first the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my granary.

It is, indeed, the least of all seeds; but when it is grown it is the largest of garden-plants, and be comes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and roost in its branches.

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of. heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.

All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them;

that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things that have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.