and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brothers at the Babylonian exile.

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

And you Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the governors of Judah, for out of you shall come a governor who shall rule my people Israel.

And hearing the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they saw in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy it.

and was there till the death of Herod; that the word might be fulfilled, which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying; Out of Egypt have I called my son.

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

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region about the Jordan,

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.

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 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.

and leaving Nazareth he came and lived at Capernaum on the lake, in the bounds of Zebulon and Naphtali,

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

And his fame went out into all Syria; and they brought him all that were ill, afflicted with various diseases and torments, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them;

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.

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a modius [1.916 gallon measure], but on a candlestick, and it shines to all in the house.

For I tell you truly, that till heaven and earth pass away, one iota or one point shall by no means pass away from the law till all things are accomplished.

You have heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not kill; and whoever kills shall be subject to the judgment.

I tell you truly, you shall not go out thence till you have paid the last quadrans [4 mills].

You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery;

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.

And it was said, Whoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement.

Again, you have heard that it was said by the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths.

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;

nor swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.

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

And if you salute your brothers only, what do you do more than [others]? Do not the gentiles also do the same?

But when you give in charity let not your left hand know what your right hand does,

And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and at the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward.

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

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?

Look at the birds of heaven; they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into store-houses; but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature?

Be not anxious, therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or with what shall we be clothed?

for with what judgment you judge you shall be judged; and with what measure you measure it shall be measured to you.

or how will you say to your brother, Let me cast out the speck from your eye, and behold a beam in your own eye?

Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your eye, and then will you see clearly to cast out the speck from your brother's eye.

Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

For every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be opened.

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.

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

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

and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell; and its fall was great.

And when Jesus had finished these words the multitudes were astonished at his teaching;

And stretching out his hand, he touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed; and his leprosy was immediately cleansed.

For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

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

And when it was evening they brought him many demoniacs, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and cured all that were sick,

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

And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass that way.

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.

And he said to them, Go. And going out, they went away into the herd of swine, and, behold, the whole herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, and died in the waters;

And behold all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him they besought him to depart from their bounds.

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

And when the multitudes saw it they were afraid, and glorified God who had given such power to men.

And Jesus departing thence saw a man sitting at the custom-house, called Matthew; and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And when the Pharisees saw them they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?

And hearing it he said, The well need not a physician, but the sick.

Go and learn what this means: I wish for mercy and not a sacrifice; for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

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.

And the report went out into all that land.

Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it to you;

and their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them strictly, saying, See that no one knows it.

But they went out and made him known in all that land.

And the demon being cast out, the dumb spoke; and the multitudes wondered, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.

AND calling his twelve disciples, he gave them power over impure spirits to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every infirmity.

These twelve Jesus sent out and charged them, saying; Go not into a way of gentiles, and enter not into a city of Samaritans,

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

Cure the sick, cleanse lepers, cast out demons; you have received gratuitously, gratuitously give.

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

And when you go into a house, salute it;

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.

And if any one does not receive you, nor hear your words, when you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.

I tell you truly, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in a day of judgment, than for that city.

But when they have delivered you up be not anxious how you shall speak, or what you shall say, for it shall be given you in that hour what to say;

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

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.

What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light, and what you hear in the ear, preach on the house-tops.

I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a bride against her mother-in-law;

He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and tell John what you see and hear;

And when they had gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes, concerning John, What went you out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

But what went you out to see? A man wearing fine clothes? Behold, they that wear fine clothes are in the houses of kings.

But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

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

And from the days of John the Baptist till now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

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,