Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit.

"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel," which is, being interpreted, God with us.

And they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judaea;" for thus it has been written through the prophet:

And they, having heard the king, departed; and, behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till, having come, it stood over where the Child was.

And, seeing the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

And, coming into the house, they saw the Child with Mary, His mother; and, falling down, they paid Him homage; and, having opened their treasures, they presented to Him gifts??old and frankincense and myrrh.

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

And, they having departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Having risen, take the Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there till I speak to you; for Herod is about to seek the Child to destroy Him."

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

and they were being immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

and says to Him, "If Thou art a Son of God, cast Thyself down; for it has been written, 'He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee; and on their hands they shall bear Thee up; lest at any time Thou shouldest dash Thy foot against a stone.'"

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

And, immediately leaving their nets, they followed Him.

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

And the report of Him went forth into all Syria; and they brought to Him all having ailments, afflicted with manifold diseases and torments, demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics; and He healed them.

"Happy are those who mourn: because they shall be comforted,

"Happy are the meek: because they shall inherit the earth.

"Happy are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness: because they shall be filled.

"Happy are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy.

"Happy are the pure in heart; because they shall see God.

"Happy are the peacemakers; because they shall be called sons of God.

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

Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in Heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

Nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, 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 your good works, and glorify your Father Who is in Heaven.

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.

"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 praying, use not vain repetitions, as the gentiles do; for they think that for their much speaking they shall be heard.

"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.

Behold the fowls of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your Heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye much more valuable than they?

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider 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 haply they trample them down with their feet; and, turning, rend you.

And, when it was evening, they brought to Him many demoniacs; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,

And, coming to Him, they awoke Him, saying, "Lord, save; we are perishing!"

and, behold, they cried out, saying, "What is there to us and to Thee, O Son of God? Didst Thou come here to torment us before the time?"

And He said to them, "Go." And, having come out, they went away into the swine; and, behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and died in the waters!

And those feeding them fled; and, going away into the city, they reported all things, and the things relating to the demoniacs.

And, behold, all the city came forth to meet Jesus; and, seeing Him, they besought Him, that He would depart from their borders.

And, behold, they were bringing to Him a paralytic laid upon a couch. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Child, be of good courage; your sins are forgiven."

Jesus said to them, "Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn while the Bridegroom is with them! But there will come days, when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast."

"Neither do they put new wine into old wine-skins; otherwise, indeed, the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are preserved together."

said, "Withdraw; for the damsel did not die, but is sleeping." And they were laughing at Him.

And the blind men came to Him, when He entered into the house; and He saith to them, "Believe ye that I am able to do this?" They say to Him, "Yes, Lord."

But they, having gone forth, spread abroad His fame in all that land.

And, as they were going forth, behold, they have brought to Him a dumb man, a demoniac;

And, seeing the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd.

But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to high-councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;

And, when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak;

"And, when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next; for verily I say to you, ye will in no wise finish the cities of Israel, till the Son of Man come!

It is enough for the disciple, that he become as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his house-hold?

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 man gluttonous and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners.' And wisdom was justified by her works."

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

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! because, if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes;

And, behold, a man having a withered hand; and they questioned Him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?" that they might accuse Him.

But the Pharisees, having gone out, held a consultation against Him, that they might destroy Him.

And He charged them, that they should not make Him known;

And, if I by Beelzebub cast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges.

And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account concerning it in the day of judgment;

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

Then it goes and takes along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and, entering in, they dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation."

And others fell on the rocky places, where they had not much earth; and straightway they sprang up, because they had not depth of earth.

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

On this account, I speak to them in parables; because, seeing, they see not; and, hearing, they hear not, nor understand.

for the heart of this people was made gross, and with their ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should 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 the Kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those who do iniquity;

and they will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!

which, when it was filled having drawn it up again upon the beach, and sitting down, they gathered the good into vessels, but cast away the bad.

"Did ye understand all these things?" They say to Him, "Yes;"

And, coming into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Whence hath this Man this wisdom, and the mighty works?

And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then, hath this Man all these things?"

And they were finding in Him occasion to stumble. 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 were holding him as a prophet.

And his disciples, coming, took up the corpse, and buried it; and, coming, they told Jesus;

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."

But Jesus said to them, "They have no need to go away. Give ye them to eat."

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

And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

And the disciples, seeing Him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear.

And, when they went up into the boat, the wind ceased.

And, passing over, they came upon the land to Gennesaret.

and they were beseeching Him, that they might only touch the border of His garment; and as many as touched it were made thoroughly well.

"Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands, when they eat bread!"

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

Let them alone; they are blind guides; and if a blind man be guiding a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

And there came to Him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and they cast them at His feet, and He healed them;

so that the multitudes wondered, seeing the dumb speaking, maimed whole, and lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

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 saith to them, "How many loaves have ye?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fishes."

And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up what was over of the pieces seven baskets full;

And they were deliberating among themselves, saying, "We took no bread."

Then they understood that He did not bid them beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And they said, "Some say John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

Then He charged the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.

Verily I say to you, there are some of those standing here, who will not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom."

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

And, as they were coming down out of the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of Man be raised from among the dead."

but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they recognized him not, but did with him whatsoever they wished: so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them."

And, when they came to the multitude, there approached Him a man, kneeling to Him, and saying,