The Magi listened to the king, and went on their way, and lo! the star which they had seen in the east led them until it came and stood over the place where the young child was.

Then Jesus was led up into the desert by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil.

The people who were dwelling in darkness Have seen a great light; And on those who were dwelling in the land of the shadows of death Light has dawned.

"You are the light of the world. A city built on a hilltop cannot be hid;

"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.

"So let your light shine before men that they may see good you do, and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

"But let your word be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the Evil One.

"and if any one wants to go to law with you and takes away your coat, let him take your cloak also.

"But when you give alms, do not let your right hand know what your left is doing,

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One; For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Amen.

"But when one of you fasts, let him anoint his head and wash his face,

"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!

Jesus charged them sternly, saying, "See to it that you let no one know."

"and if the house is worthy let your blessing sit upon it; but if it be unworthy, let your blessing return to you.

"What I am telling you is in the darkness, do you speak in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

"Let all who have ears, listen!

"For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

The bruised reed will not break; The dimly burning wick will not quench; Till he has led justice on to victory.

He who has ears, let him hear!"

"Let both grow together until harvest, and at harvest-time I will tell the reapers to first gather the tares and tie them in bundles for burning, but to bring all the wheat into my store-house.'"

"And then shall the just shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears to hear, listen!

and kept begging him to let them touch the tassel of his cloak??nd all who touched were completely cured.

"For God said, Honor your father and mother, and, Let him who reviles father or mother be put to death;

"Let them alone. They are blind men leading the blind; and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a ditch."

Great crowds came to him, bringing the crippled, the blind, the maimed, the dumb, and many others. They laid them at his feet and he healed them;

Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John, and led them up a high mountain, by themselves apart.

Here he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

While they were going down from the mountain, Jesus laid a command on them. "Speak to no man about the vision," he said, "until after the Son of man has been raised from the dead."

"but if he will not heed the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

"So then the master pitied his slave, and let him go, and forgave him his debt.

"Thus they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."

"For there are eunuchs who have been such from birth; others who have been made such by men; and others who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of God. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."

"Let the little children come to me, and forbid them not; for it is to the childlike that the kingdom of heaven belongs."

So he laid his hands upon them, and departed from that place.

"Master," they answered, "let our eyes be opened."

they led back the ass and her colt, and placed their cloaks on them.

and when he saw a solitary fig tree beside the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "Let no man gather fruit from you forever." And at once the fig tree withered away.

But when the vine-dressers saw his son, they said to themselves: "'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.'

"So when you see the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place let the reader take note of this,

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

let him who is upon the housetop not go down to get the things in his house,

"But immediately after the tribulation of those days, "The sun will be darkened, The moon will not shed her light, The stars will fall from the sky, And the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Then he went forward a short distance, and fell on his face and prayed. "O, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

"Rouse yourselves! Let us go. My betrayer is close at hand!"

"Friend, do that for which you came," said Jesus. Then they came forward and laid hands on Jesus, and arrested him.

Then all his disciples forsook him and fled; but those who had apprehended Jesus led him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

After they had bound him, they led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman Governor.

And Pilate asked, "What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?" What one voice they shouted, "Let him be crucified!"

But Pilate said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they kept shouting the more fiercely, "Let him be crucified!"

At last, when they had finished their mocking, they took the robe off, and put his own garments on him, and led him away to crucify him.

"He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him!

He put his trust in God. let Him deliver him now, if He cares for him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God!'"

But at three o'clock Jesus cried out in loud voice, "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?" (That is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?")

But the rest said: "Let be! Let us see whether Elijah is coming to save him!"

And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

So Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and after rolling a great stone against the opening of the tomb, he went away.

So the unclean spirit, after tearing him, came out of him with a loud cry;

"Let us go away," he answered, "to the neighboring country towns, that I may preach there, too; because for that purpose I came forth."

When they could not get him near to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof under which he stood, and after making an opening, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.

But to let you see that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"??e said to the paralytic??11 "I bid you rise, take up your cot, and go home."

"Any one who has ears to hear," he added, "let him listen to this."

If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."

On the evening of that same day Jesus said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."

and with a shriek he cried out in a loud voice. "Jesus, son of God most high, what business have you with me? I adjure you by God, torment me not!"

"Why all this tumult and loud weeping?" he asked.

He, however, repeatedly cautioned them not to let any one know about it, and directed them to give her something to eat.

And he was unable to do any miracle there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick folk and healed them.

When John's disciples heard of this, they came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

And whenever he entered into villages or cities or the fields they would lay the sick in the market-places and beseech him to let them touch even the tassel of his cloak, and all who touched him were made well.

For although Moses said, Honor your father and mother, and Let him who curses father or mother suffer death,

"Let the children be filled first," he said to her. "It is unseemly to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

Taking the blind man by the hand, he led him outside the village; and, after spitting on his eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, "Can you make out anything?"

Then summoning the crowd to him, with his disciples. he said: "If any man wishes to follow me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and so follow me.

"Master," said Peter, addressing Jesus, "it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three tents one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

So with a loud shriek it came out, after throwing the boy into convulsion after convulsion. The boy looked like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.

What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."

Jesus was indignant when he saw it, and said: "Let the little children come to me. Do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such.

Then he took them in his arms, and laid his hand upon them in blessing.

They were still on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus led the way; and they were amazed, and some, although they followed, were afraid. Then once more he took the Twelve, and began to tell them what was about to befall him.

So they answered them just as Jesus had told them, and they let them take it.

Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple, and after he had looked around at everything, as the hour was now late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

So, addressing the tree, he said, "Let no man ever more eat fruit from you." And the disciples heard it.

"But those tenants said to themselves. 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

"But when you see the Abomination of Desolation 'standing where he ought not' (let the reader ponder this), then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;

let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor go in to get anything out of his house;

and he who is in the field, let him not turn back to get his cloak.

for false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show signs and wonders, to lead astray the very chosen, if they can.

"But when the tribulation is past, in those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed her light,

So they began upbraiding her, but Jesus said: "Let her alone. Why are you troubling her?

Rouse yourselves, let us go. See! my betrayer is at hand."

"Rabbi," and kissed him. Then they laid hands on him and took him.

Peter also had followed Jesus at a distance, until he was inside the court of the high priest. There he was sitting among the officers, warming himself in the light of the fire.

The soldiers then led him away into the courtyard (Praetorium), and called together the whole battalion.

And after their sport with him, they stripped off the purple robe, and put on his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him.

So they led him to the place called Golgotha?? name which means "the place of a skull."

The Christ! The King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe." They also who had been crucified with Jesus kept reviling him.

At three o'clock Jesus cried in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

Then a man ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, and put it on a stick, and offered it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down!"

But Jesus uttered a loud cry and expired.