and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, called Christ.

The birth of Christ was thus. His mother Mary having been espoused to Joseph, before they came together, was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

But Joseph her husband being a righteous man, and not wishing to make her an example, was designing 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 Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit,

But all this was done, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying;

And Herod the king hearing this was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

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 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.

Then Herod seeing that he was despised by the Magi, was exceedingly angry, and sent and destroyed all the children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the precise time which he had learned of the Magi.

Thus was fulfilled the word spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying;

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

But hearing that Archelaus reigned over Judea in the place of Herod his father, he was afraid to go there; but being divinely instructed in a dream, he departed into the parts of Galilee,

For this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

And this John had his clothes of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.

And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungry.

AND when he heard that John was delivered up, he departed to Galilee;

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

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

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.

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.

But when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face,

but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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

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 behold there was a great tempest on the lake, so that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was asleep.

And he said to them, Why are you afraid, men of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the lake, and there was a great calm.

And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

And he was reclining in the house, and behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples.

While he was saying these words to them, behold a ruler came and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is now dead, but come and put your hand on her and she shall live.

And Jesus turning around and seeing her, said, Daughter, be of good courage, your faith has cured you. And the woman was cured from that hour.

And as Jesus was departing thence two blind men followed him, crying and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David!

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

said to him, Are you he that was coming, or look we for another?

And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come.

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

how he entered into the house of God and eat the show bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but only for the priests?

and behold a man having a withered hand [was there]. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand; and he stretched it out, and it was restored as sound as the other;

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying;

THEN a blind and dumb demoniac was brought to him, and he cured him, so that the blind and dumb spoke and saw.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

And while he was speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak to him.

and when the sun arose it was scorched, and because it had no root it was dried up.

He spoke another parable to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things which have been concealed from the foundation of the world.

which, when it was full, men drew to the shore, and sifting down put up the good in vessels and cast the bad away.

And the king was sorry; but on account of the oath, and those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given.

and his head was brought on a plate and given to the girl, and she carried it to her mother.

And when it was evening his disciples came to him, saying, The place is solitary, and the hour is already past; dismiss the multitudes that they may go to the villages and buy themselves food.

And having dismissed the multitudes, he went on a mountain by himself to pray. And when it was evening he was there alone.

But the ship was now in the midst of the lake tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to sink, cried, saying, Lord save me!

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

Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith! Be it to you as you wish; and her daughter was cured from that hour.

Then he charged his disciples to tell no man that he was the Christ.

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments were white as the light.

While he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; hear him.

And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.

And beginning to settle, a debtor of ten thousand talents [$10,000,000] was brought to him.

Then his fellow-servants seeing what was done, were greatly displeased, and went and related to their lord all things that were done.

And his lord was displeased, and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all the debt.

He said to them, Moses, on account of your hardness of heart, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

And when it was evening the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them the wages [stipulated], beginning from the last even to the first.

And behold two blind men who sat by the way, hearing that Jesus was passing by cried, saying, Have mercy on us Lord, Son of David!

But all this was done that the words spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, who says;

And when he entered Jerusalem the whole city was moved, saying, Who is this?

And returning into the city in the morning he was hungry;

AND Jesus having gone into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?

Whence was the baptism of John? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we say from heaven, he will say to us, Why did you not believe him?

Hear another parable: There was a man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge around it, and dug a wine vat in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

And the king was angry, and sent his armies and destroyed those murderers, and burnt up their city.

And those servants went out into the highways, and collected all whom they found, both bad and good, and the wedding was furnished with guests.

and said to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

And no one was able to answer him a word, neither dared any one after that day to question him farther.

but at midnight there was a cry, Behold the bridegroom; go out to meet him.

And while they went to buy the bridegroom came; and the ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut.

for I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in;

naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.

For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink;

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were assembled in the court of the chief priest, who was called Caiaphas,

and when it was evening he reclined with the twelve.

And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

but all this was done that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all forsook him and fled.

But Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering, said to him, I adjure you, by the living God, to tell me if you are the Christ, the Son of God.

And going out into the porch, another [female servant] saw him, and said to those there, This man was also with Jesus the Nazoraean.

AND when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to kill him.

Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting, returned the thirty shekels of silver [$16.80] to the chief priests and elders,

Then was fulfilled the word spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying; And they took the thirty shekels of silver, the price of him that was prized, whom [men] from the sons of Israel set a price upon,

And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders he answered nothing.

And at the feast the procurator was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose;

And Pilate seeing that he accomplished nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this man; see you to it.

And from the sixth hour there was darkness on all the land till the ninth hour;

And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in two, from top to bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks rent,