Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not choosing to make an example of her, intended to put her away privately.

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 knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son. And he called his name Jesus.

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by another way.

And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

and think not to say within yourselves, "We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees: therefore, every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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:

But John forbade him, saying: I have need to be immersed by thee, and comest thou to me?

But he answered and said: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

Jesus said to him: It is again written, You shall not put the Lord your God to the proof.

And as he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, throwing a net into the sea, for they were fishers.

You are the light of the world: a city that lies upon a mountain can not be hid:

Think not that I have come to make the law or the prophets of no effect. I have not come to make them of no effect, but to give them their full efficiency.

You have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not kill; and whoever shall kill, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges.

You have heard that it was said: You shall not commit adultery.

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.

Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not swear falsely, but shall pay to the Lord your vows.

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

neither shall you swear by your head, for you can not make one hair white or black.

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

Give to him that asks of you; and from him that would borrow of you, turn not away.

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans the same?

And if you salute your brethren only, in what do you excel? Do not even the publicans so?

When, therefore, you do a charitable deed, do not cause a trumpet to be sounded before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

But when you do a charitable deed, let not your left hand know what your right hand does;

And when you pray, you shall not be like 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.

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.

Be not, there fore, like them; for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One.

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

And when you fast, do not put on a sad countenance, as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.

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.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal.

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.

For this reason I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat, and what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not your life a greater gift than food, and your body than clothing?

Observe the birds of the air, that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into granaries. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they toil not, nor do they spin.

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?

Therefore, be not anxious, saying: What shall we eat? or, what shall we drink? or, with what shall we be clothed?

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

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

Judge not, that you may not be judged:

And why do you look at the splinter that is in your brother's eye, but perceive not the beam that is in your own eye?

Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and tear you.

A good tree can not produce diseased fruit; nor can an unsound tree produce goodly fruit.

Every tree that does not produce goodly fruit, is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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 the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and they beat against that house, and it fell not: for it was founded on the rock.

And every one that hears these words of mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

And the centurion answering, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but say in a word only, and my servant shall be restored to health.

And when Jesus heard it, he was filled with admiration, and said to those who followed him: Verily I say to you, not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have roosts; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

When Jesus heard it, he said to them: Those who are in health have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy, and not sacrifice. For I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to repentance.

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples fast not?

he said to them: Depart; for the maid is not dead, but sleeps. And they derided him.

These twelve Jesus sent forth after he had charged them, saying: Go not into the road that leads to the Gentiles, and enter not a city of the Samaritans.

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

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 when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you shall speak; for that which you shall speak shall be given you in that hour:

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

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.

The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his master.

Fear them not, therefore; for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, nor hidden that shall not be made known.

And fear not them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Are not two sparrows sold for a far thing? and yet not one of them shall fall upon the ground with out your Father.

Fear not, therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I have not come to send peace, but a sword.

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 whoever does not take his cross and fol low after me, is not worthy of me.

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.

Verily, I say to you, Among those born of women, there has not risen a greater than John the Immerser. But the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

and saying: "We have played on the pipe for you, and you have not danced; we have wailed for you, and you have not lamented.

Then he began to reprove the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him: Behold, your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.

But he said to them: Have you not read what David did, when he and those who were with him were hungry?

how he entered the house of God, and ate the loaves of the presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but for the priests only?

Or, have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath-days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?

But if you had known what this means I desire mercy, and not sacrifice you would not have condemned the blameless.

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?

And he charged them not to make him known;

He shall not contend, nor cry out; nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets.

A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoking wick he shall not extinguish, till he shall send forth his law for conquest.

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

But the Pharisees, when they heard it, said: This man does not cast out the demons, unless by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.

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

Therefore I say to you, That every sin and impious speech shad be forgiven men: but the impious speech against the Spirit shall not be forgiven men.

And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be for given him, either in the present age, or in that which is to come.

Others fell on stony places, where they had not much earth; and they immediately sprung up, because they had no depth of earth.

He answered, and said to them: Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given.

For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even that which he has shall be taken from him.

For this reason I speak to them in parables; because when they see, they see not; and when they hear, they hear not, nor do they understand.

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.

For verily I say to you, Many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see; and to hear what you hear, and did not hear.