The birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother Mary, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, was found having gestation from the Holy Ghost.

Behold, the virgin shall have gestation and bring forth a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel, which is interpreted, God is with us.

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it has been written by the prophet;

And hearing the king they departed, and, behold, the star which they saw in the east went before them, until having come, it stood above where the young child was.

And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

And having come into the house they saw the young child with Mary His mother, and having fallen down they worshiped Him, and opening their treasures they offered Him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

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

And they having gone away, behold, the angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying; Having arisen, take the young child and His mother, and fly into Egypt; and be thou there until I may speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child in order to destroy Him.

A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and weeping and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children; and was not willing to be comforted, because they are not.

and says to Him; If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it has been written, That He will give His angels charge concerning thee, and upon their hand they will bear thee, lest thou mayest dash thy foot against a stone.

And He walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting their net into the sea; for they were fishers.

And immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him.

And immediately having left the ship and their father, they followed Him.

And His fame went forth into all Syria: and they brought Him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, and the demonized, and the lunatics, and the paralytics; and He healed them.

Blessed are the meek, because they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they that mourn: because they shall be comforted.

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: because they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart: because they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: because they shall be called the sons of God.

Blessed are they, who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

Blessed are ye when they may despise you, and shall persecute you, and may say all evil against you, falsifying, for my sake.

Rejoice, and he exceedingly glad: because your reward is great in the heavens: for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Neither do they light a candle, and place it under a bushel, but on the candlestick; and it shineth to all who are in the house.

Let your light so shine before the people, in order that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

therefore when you may do alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they may be glorified by the people: truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

And praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do: for they think they shall be heard in their much speaking.

And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

Look unto the fowls of heaven, how they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not more excellent than they?

And why are you solicitous concerning raiment? Know the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.

Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they may trample them under their feet, and having turned round tear you to pieces.

But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are rapacious wolves.

And it being evening, they brought to Him many demonized people: and He cast out the demons by His word, and healed all the sick;

And behold, they cried out, saying, What is there to us and thee, O Son of God? have you come hither to torment us before the time?

And He said to them, Go. And they having gone out, went away into the herd of swine; and the whole herd rushed down the precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters.

And behold, they were bringing to Him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Be of good cheer, child, thy sins are forgiven thee.

And Jesus hearing said to them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

And Jesus said to them, The sons of the bride-chamber are not able to fast, so long as the bridegroom is with them. But the day will come, when the bride-groom must be taken from them, and then they will fast.

Neither do they put new wine in old bottles: lest the bottles are broken, and the wine poured out, and the bottles shall perish: but they put the new wine into the new bottles, and both are preserved.

says to them; Retire: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they hooted at Him.

Have mercy on us, thou Son of David. And the blind men came to Him, having come into the house: and Jesus says to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They say to Him, Yea, Lord.

But they having gone out, spread abroad His fame in all that country.

And they going out, behold, they brought to Him a dumb man, demonized.

And seeing the multitudes, He was moved in compassion in their behalf, because they were fleeced and deserted, as sheep having no shepherd.

Beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrins, and will beat you in their synagogues;

and they will lead you before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them and the Gentiles.

And when they may deliver you, be not solicitous how or what you may speak: for it will be given unto you in that hour what you may say.

And when they may persecute you in this city, fly to another: for truly I say unto you, You may not complete the cities of Israel, until the Son of man may come.

It is sufficient for the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant, as his lord: if they call the landlord Beelzebul, how much more the inmates of his house?

And they departing, Jesus began to speak to the multitudes concerning John, What went you out in the wilderness to see? a reed shaken by the wind?

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous and wine-drinking man, a friend of publicans and sinners. Wisdom is truly justified by her children.

Then He began to upbraid the cities in which the most mighty works of His were performed, because they did not repent.

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! because if the mighty works which were wrought in you had been in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And behold, there was a man having a withered hand. And they asked Him saying, Whether is it lawful to heal on Sabbath? that they might accuse Him.

And the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against I Him that they might destroy Him.

And He charged them much that they should not make Him known.

lf I through Beelzebul cast out demons, through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

And I say unto you, that every idle word whatsoever men shall speak, they shall give an account concerning the same in the day of judgment.

The men of Nineveh will rise in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

And others fell among stones, where they had not much earth: and sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of earth:

and the sun having risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Because the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard heavily with their ears, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I shall heal them.

But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

The Son of man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who do iniquity,

which, when it was filled, drawing up on the shore, and sitting down, they gathered the good into baskets, and threw the bad away.

Do you understand all these things? They say to Him, Yea.

And having come into His own country He was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence this wisdom and these miracles unto Him?

And they were offended in Him. And Jesus said to them; A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.

And wishing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they esteemed him as a prophet.

And His disciples, having come, took the body, and buried it; and having come they proclaimed it to Jesus.

And it being evening, His disciples came to Him saying, It is a desert place, and the hour is already advanced; therefore send away the multitudes, that they having gone into the villages, may purchase for themselves victuals.

And Jesus said to them, They have no need to go away; you give them to eat.

And they say to Him, We have nothing here except five loaves and two fishes.

And all ate, and were filled: and they took up the remainder of the fragments twelve baskets full.

And the disciples seeing Him walking on the sea, were afrighted, saying, It is a specter; and they cried out from fear.

And they having come into the ship, the wind ceased.

And crossing over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

and they continued to intreat Him that they should only touch the hem of His garment: and so many as touched were thoroughly saved.

Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

so that the multitudes were astonished, seeing the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, the lame walking about, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.

And Jesus calling His disciples to Him, said, I sympathize with the multitude, because already three days abide unto me, and they have nothing which they may eat; I do not wish to send them away fasting, lest they may faint on the road.

And Jesus says to them; How much bread have ye? And they said, Seven loaves and a few fishes.

And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up the residue of fragments, seven baskets full.

And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, That it is because we did not take bread.

Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of the (bread) of the Pharisees and Sadducees, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And they said, Some, John the Baptist; and some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He is the Christ.

Truly I say unto you, There are some of those standing here, who may not taste of death, until they may see the Son of man coming in His kingdom.

And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only.

And they coming down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of man may rise from the dead.

but I say unto you, that Elijah has already come, and they recognized Him not, but did unto Him so many things as they wished; thus the Son of man is also about to suffer by them.

And they having come to the multitude, the man came to Him, worshiping Him on his knees,

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.

And they sojourning in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.

And they will kill Him; and He will rise the third day. And they were grieved exceedingly.

And they having come into Capernaum, those receiving the double drachma came to Peter, and said, Does your teacher pay the double drachma?