So the whole number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen; from David to the exile to Babylon is fourteen; and from the exile to Babylon to Christ is fourteen.

And while he was having this in mind, behold! an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying.

"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her is by the Holy Spirit; and she will bear a son, and you are to call him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

All this happened that the word of the Lord spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled.

When King Herod heard this he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

So when he had gathered together all the chief priests and rabbis of the people, he began to inquire of them where the Christ was to be born.

As soon as Herod saw that he had been mocked by the Magi, he was furious. He sent and put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and all the neighborhood who were two years old or under, in accordance with the date which he had ascertained from the Magi.

Then Jerusalem began to go out to him, and all Judea, and the whole neighborhood of the Jordan,

I indeed am baptizing you in water, unto repentance; but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse the threshing-floor. He will store his wheat in the granary, but will burn up the chaff in unquenchable fire."

while a voice from heaven said, "This is my son, the beloved, In whom I delight."

and said to him. "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, "He will give his angels charge over thee; Upon their hands they will bear thee up, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone."

Then the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and showed all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them,

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

"Come, follow me," said Jesus, "And I will make you fishers of men."

And his fame spread throughout all Syria. They brought all the sick to him, those who were suffering from various diseases and troubles??emoniacs, epileptics, paralytics??nd he healed them.

"Blessed are you when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my name's sake.

"nor do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the lamp-stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

"In solemn truth I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until all has taken place.

"So whoever breaks one of these least commandments, and teaches others to break them, will be least in the kingdom of heaven. But he who keeps them and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

"For I assure you that unless your righteousness exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not find entrance into the kingdom of heaven.

but I say to you that he who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to condemnation by the court; and he who says to his brother 'Raca,' shall be liable to condemnation by the Sanhedrin, while he who curses his brother shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.

"leave there your gift before the altar, and go and make friends with your brother, first of all; then come and offer your gift.

"Come to terms with your opponent quickly, while you are yet with him on the way [to the court], to prevent your opponent from handing you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and so you be thrown into prison.

And if your eye, your right eye, entices you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit.

And if your right hand entices you into sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit.

"But I say to you, swear not at all; neither by the sky, for it is God's throne;

"So you will become sons of your heavenly Father; for he makes his sun to rise upon sinners as well as saints, and sends rain upon the unjust and the just.

"so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

"But you, when you pray, go into your own room and shut your door; pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

"While praying do not say the same words over and over again, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that by their much speaking they will gain attention.

thy kingdom come, and thy will be done, On earth, as in heaven.

"For if you forgive men their offenses against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;

"but if you do not forgive men your offenses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your offenses.

"so that he may not appear to men to be fasting, but to his Father who is in secret; and his Father who sees in secret will reward him.

"For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

"The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body will be well lighted;

"but if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be darkened. If then the very light within you is darkness, how dense is that darkness!

"No slave can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will pay heed to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slaves both of God and of gold.

"But I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was robed like one of these.

"If God then so clothes the grass of the field, which blooms today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?

"For all these are things that the Gentiles are eagerly seeking; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of them all.

"But continue to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

"Do not then be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own anxieties. Enough for each day are its own troubles."

"for with what judgment you judge, you will be judged, and in what measure you measure, others will measure to you.

"Or how will you say to your brother, 'Permit me to remove the mote from your eye,' when, behold, the beam is in your own eye?

"Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to cast the mote out of your brother's eye.

"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

"What man of you is there who, when his son asks a loaf, will give him a stone?

"or if his son asks for a fish, will offer him a snake?

"If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him?

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

"Hence it is by their fruit you will know them.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

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

"Then I will tell them plainly, "'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of iniquity.'

"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

"And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

saying, "Lord, my slave at home is lying ill with paralysis, in terrible agony."

"I will come and heal him," said Jesus.

"Lord, "said the captain in reply, "I am not worthy to have you under my roof, but speak the word only, and my slave will be cured,

"I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

"but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth."

At evening-time they brought to him many demoniacs. He cast out the demons with a word, and healed all who were ill,

when a Scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!"

Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father,"

The swineherds fled. They went away into the city and told all about it, and what had befallen the demoniacs.

At once all the citizens came out to meet Jesus; and when they had seen him, they begged him to move away from their country.

And because Jesus knew well their thought, he said:

But all the crowd were awestruck, and glorified God, who had given such power to men.

And he rose and followed him. And while he was at table in Matthew's house, there came many tax-gatherers and sinners, and they dined with Jesus and his disciples.

"It is not those who are well," said Jesus, when he heard this, "but the sick, who need a doctor.

At that time the disciples of John came and asked him, "Why are we and the Pharisees always fasting, while your disciples are not?"

"Can the friends fast at a wedding-feast," said Jesus, "so long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom has been taken from them, and then they will fast.

As he was saying these words to them, a ruler came up and knelt before him, saying. "My daughter has just died; but come, put your hand upon her, and she will live."

And the report of this spread throughout that whole region.

But they went and published his fame in that whole region.

And Jesus continued to go throughout all the cities and towns, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and infirmity.

"And whoever will not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out from that house or that city, shake off the very dust from your feet.

"I tell you solemnly it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that town.

"But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues.

"And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

"But whenever they apprehend you, do not be anxious about how you shall speak or what you shall say; for it will be given you in that very hour what to say.

"For it will not be you who is speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

"And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against their parents and put them to death.

"You will be hated by all men because of my name; and he who endures to the end shall be saved.

"Are not two sparrows sold for a half-penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your father.

"The very hairs on your head are all numbered.

"Every one, then, who will confess me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in heaven.

"But whoever disowns me before men, I also will disown before my Father who is in heaven.

"and a man's own household will be his enemies.

"for this is he of whom it is written. "Behold, I send my messenger before my face, And he will prepare thy road for thee.

"Let all who have ears, listen!

"Moreover, I tell you it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment, than for you.

"And you too, Capernaum! Will you be exalted even to heaven? You shall go down to the Place of Death! For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which have been done in you, it would have remained until this day.

"I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, than for you."

"Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

"Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

"Is there a man of you," he replied, "who has but a single sheep, who will not lay hold of it and lift it out, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day?

He cured them all; but he strictly forbade them to blaze abroad his doings,