and Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and Abijah begat Asa,

and Asa begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Jehoram, and Jehoram begat Uzziah,

and Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekiah,

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 Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit,

Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel; which is interpreted, God is with us.

And when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took his wife,

Where is the king of the Jews born? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him.

and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ is born.

And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet;

Change your minds, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

For this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham;

and already the axe lies at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which bears not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

I indeed baptize you with water to a change of mind; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and fire;

whose winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable fire.

But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now; for thus, it becomes us to complete all righteousness. Then he suffered him;

And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

And he answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God.

and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.

Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God.

Then Jesus said to him, Get behind me Satan; for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

that the word might be fulfilled, spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying;

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Change your minds; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are the persecuted for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its strength, with what shall it be seasoned? It is good for nothing more, except being cast out to be trodden upon by men.

But I tell you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, Worthless fellow, shall be subject to the Sanhedrim; and whoever says, You fool, shall be subject to the hell of fire.

But if your right eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell.

And if your right hand offends you, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should go into hell.

But I tell you, that whoever puts away his wife, except for adultery, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries her that is put away, commits adultery.

But I tell you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;

nor by the earth, for it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King;

But let your speech be, yes, yes, and no, no; for any thing more than this is evil.

Be therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

When, therefore, you give in charity, sound not a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward.

But when you pray enter into your private room, and having shut your door pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you.

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

thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth;

give us to-day our essential bread,

and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors;

and bring us not into trial, but deliver us from evil.

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

The light of the body is the eye. If, therefore, your eye is sound, your whole body will be light;

but if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, the light which is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

On this account I tell you, be not anxious for your soul, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on, is not the soul more than food, and the body more than clothing?

And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, men of little faith?

Be not anxious, therefore, for to-morrow, for to-morrow will be anxious for its; sufficient for the day is its evil.

Or is there any man of you, who, if his son asks bread of him, will give him a stone?

All things, therefore, which you wish men to do to you, do also thus to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate; and spacious the way which leads to destruction, and many are they that enter in by it;

for narrow is the gate, and compressed the way which leads to life, and few are those who find it.

Every tree which bears not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

Every one, therefore, that hears these words of mine and performs them, I will liken to a wise man who built his house on the rock;

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

And Jesus said to the centurion, Go; as you have believed be it to you; and the servant was cured at that hour.

that the word might be fulfilled spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying; He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.

And they came and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish.

And the men wondered, saying, What kind of a man is this, that the winds and the lake obey him?

And behold they cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come hither before the time to torment us?

And, the demons besought him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.

For in what respect is it easier to say, Your sins are forgiven, than to say, Arise and walk?

And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they shalt fast.

But no one puts a piece of unfilled cloth on an old garment; for it takes away its fullness from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Neither do they put new wine into old bottles; otherwise the bottles break, and the wine is poured out and the bottles destroyed; but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

While he was saying these words to them, behold a ruler came and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is now dead, but come and put your hand on her and she shall live.

said, Go away; for the girl is not dead, but asleep. And they derided him.

And as Jesus was departing thence two blind men followed him, crying and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David!

Then he said to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers few.

And the names of the twelve apostles are these; First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

and as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

nor a provision sack for the way, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor staves; for the laborer is worthy of his support;

and into whatever city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till you leave.

and if the house is worthy, your blessing shall come upon it; but if the house is not worthy, your blessing shall return to you.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

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

A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

It is sufficient for the disciple to be as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his family by that name.

Fear them not, therefore, for there is nothing concealed that shall not be revealed, nor hid that shall not be known.

And fear not those who kill the body and are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

and he that does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

and blessed is he that is not offended with me.

For this is he of whom it is written; Behold, I send my messenger before your face, to prepare your way before you.

I tell you truly, there has not arisen among those born of woman a greater than John the Baptist; but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come.

To what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets, who call to their companions,

the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

At that time Jesus answering said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes.

for my yoke is easy, and my burden light.

And the Pharisees seeing it, said to him, Behold, your disciples do what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.

But I tell you that here is an object greater than the temple.

for the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

and behold a man having a withered hand [was there]. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

And he said to them, What man is there of you having one sheep, who if this falls into a pit on the sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

How much then is a man better than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.

Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand; and he stretched it out, and it was restored as sound as the other;

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying;

Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my spirit on him, and he shall declare judgment to the nations.

And all the multitudes wondered and said, Is this the Son of David?