"And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the governors of Judah; for out of you shall come forth a Governor, who shall be shepherd of My people Israel."

and, sending them to Bethlehem, he said, "Having gone, inquire ye exactly concerning the Child; and, when ye find Him, bring me word, that I, too, having come, may worship Him."

and was there till the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called My Son."

"I, indeed, immerse you in water unto repentance, but He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear, He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;

but he was hindering Him, saying, "I have need to be immersed by Thee; and dost Thou come to me?"

and, behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My Son, the beloved, in whom I delighted."

And the Tempter, having come near, said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread."

and he said to Him, "All these things will I give Thee, if, falling down, Thou wilt worship me."

And He saith to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

"Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake.

So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Who is in Heaven.

that ye may be sons of your Father Who is in Heaven; because He causeth His sun to rise on evil men and on good, and sendeth rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

When, therefore, you are doing alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.

that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, Who seeth in secret, will recompense you.

"And, when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: verily I say to you, they have their reward.

"And, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they receive their reward.

Therefore, I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink; nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?

Or how will you say to your brother, 'Permit me to cast out the mote out of your eye;' and, behold, the beam is in your own eye?

"Not every one who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he that does the will of My Father in Heaven.

Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by Thy name? and by Thy name cast out demons, and by Thy name do many mighty works,'"

And then will I confess to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, ye who work iniquity.

And, behold, a leper, coming near, was worshiping Him, saying, "Lord, if Thou art willing, Thou art able to cleanse me."

and saying, "Lord, my boy has been prostrated in my house, a paralytic, fearfully afflicted."

And the centurion, answering, said, "Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldest enter under my roof, but only speak in a word, and my boy shall be healed;

for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers; and I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

And another of the disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."

But Jesus saith to him, "Follow Me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

"But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins" (then saith He to the paralytic), "Arise, and take up your bed, and go to your house."

And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the tax-office, and He saith to him, "Follow Me." And, rising up, he followed Him.

While He is speaking these things to them, behold, a ruler, having come to Him, was worshiping Him, saying, "My daughter just now died; but, coming, lay Thy hand upon her, and she shall live."

and before the governors and the kings shall ye be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles.

And ye will be hated by all, for My name's sake; but he who endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

"Every one, therefore, who shall confess Me before men, him will I also confess before My Father Who is in Heaven.

But whosoever denies Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father Who is in Heaven.

"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 whosoever does not take up his cross, and follow Me, is not worthy of Me.

"He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for My sake shall find it.

"He that receives you receives Me; and he that receives Me receives Him Who sent Me.

And happy is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in Me."

This is he of whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee.'

"All things were delivered to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows the Son except the Father; neither does any one fully know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son willeth to reveal Him.

"Come to me, all ye who are laboring and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; because I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls;

for My yoke is easy, and My burden light."

"Behold, My servant Whom I chose, My Beloved, in Whom My soul delighted. I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will declare judgment to the gentiles.

He that is not with Me is against Me; and he that gathers not with Me scatters.

Then it says, 'I will return into my house whence I came out;' and, having come, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

But He, answering, said to him that told Him, "Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?"

And stretching forth His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold, My mother and My brothers!

For whosoever does the will of My Father Who is in Heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother."

Suffer both to grow together until the harvest. And, in the season of harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them into bundles, with the view of burning them; but gather the wheat into my barn.'"

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."

And she, urged on by her mother, says, "Give me here upon a plate the head of John the Immerser."

And, evening coming on, the disciples came to Him, saying, "The place is desert, and the time already passed by: dismiss the multitudes, that, having gone into the villages, they may buy food for themselves."

And He said, "Bring them here to Me."

And Peter, answering Him, said, "Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come to Thee on the water."

But, seeing the wind, he was frightened; and, beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"

But ye say, 'Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That by which you might be profited by me is an offering,'

'This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

But He, answering, said, "Every plant which My Heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up.

And, behold, a Canaanitish woman, having come forth out of those borders, cried out, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon!"

But she, coming, was worshiping Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

And Jesus, having called His disciples near, said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with Me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am not willing to send them away fasting, lest haply they faint in the way."

And Jesus, answering, said to him, "Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah; because flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father Who is in Heaven.

And I also say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My assembly, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

But, turning, He said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! you are a stumbling-block to Me; because you are not thinking of the things of God, but the things of men."

Then said Jesus to His disciples, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me;

for whosoever wishes to save his soul shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his soul for My sake shall find it;

While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And, behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I delighted; hear Him."

"Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is lunatic, and suffers grievously; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.

And Jesus, answering, said, "O faithless and perverted generation! How long shall I be with you? Bring him here to Me."

but, that we may not cause them to stumble; having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the fish first coming up; and, opening its mouth, you will find a shekel; taking that, give it to them for Me and you."

And whosoever receives one such little child in My name, receives Me.

But whosoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a large millstone be hanged about his neck, and he be sunk in the depth of the sea.

"See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, that their angels in Heaven do always behold the face of My Father Who is in Heaven.

but, if he hear you not, take with you yet one or two, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three, every word may be established.

"Again, I say to you, that, if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter which ye ask, it shall be done for them by My Father Who is in Heaven;

for where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them."

Then Peter, coming near, said to Him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?"

The servant, falling down, therefore, was bowing to him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.'

His fellow-servant, falling down, therefore, was entreating him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you!

"Then, calling him to him, his lord says to him, 'Evil servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you besought me.

So also will My Heavenly Father do to you, if ye forgive not, each one his brother, from your hearts."

But Jesus said, "Permit the little children??nd do not forbid them??o come to Me; for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."

And, behold, one, having come near, said to Him, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"

And He said to him, "Why do you question Me concerning the good? One is the Good. But, if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments."

Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me."

And Jesus said to them, "Verily I say to you, that ye who followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit upon the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive manifold more and shall inherit eternal life.

"But he, answering, said to one of them, 'Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denary?

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'

And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She says to Him, "Command, that these my two sons may sit, one on Thy right hand, and one on Thy left, in Thy Kingdom."

He saith to them, "My cup, indeed, ye shall drink; but to sit on My right hand, and on My left, is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father."

They say to Him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."

saying to them, "Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with her; having loosed them, lead them to Me.

And He saith to them, "It has been written, 'My house, shall be called a house of prayer; but ye are making it a den of robbers!'"

And, seeing one fig tree by the way, He came to it, and found nothing thereon except leaves only. And He saith to it, "No more may fruit come from you forever." And immediately the fig tree withered away!

And Jesus, answering, said, "I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things:

But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will reverence my son.'