So all the generations from Abraham to David [are] fourteen generations, and from David to the carrying away into Babylon fourteen generations, and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ fourteen generations.

Now the whole of this was done, that what was spoken of the Lord, by the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying,

Now when Herod the king heard this, he was much agitated, and all Jerusalem with him.

And assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he enquired of them, where the Messiah should be born.

Now when they were gone, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the infant and his mother by night, and flee into Egypt, and stay there, till I speak to thee, for Herod will search for the infant to destroy it.

Then Herod, perceiving that he was treated delusively by the Magians, was greatly exasperated, and he sent and slew all the male infants, that were in Bethlehem, and in all its territories, from their entering their second year and all under it, according to the time, which he had accurately enquired from the Magians.

"A cry was heard at Ramah, lamentation, and wailing, and bitter moaning, Rachel weeping for her children, and will not be comforted, because they are no more."

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

whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will collect the wheat into his granary; but the chaff will he burn up with fire unquenchable.

But Jesus answering said unto him, Permit it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he permitted him.

Again the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall prostrate and worship me.

And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every malady among the people.

And there went out a report of him into all Syria: and they brought unto him all who had illness, the afflicted with various diseases and painful complaints, and the demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

Neither do men burn a lamp, and set it under a bushel, but on its stand; and it sheds light on all that are in the house.

For I tell you assuredly, that till heaven and earth pass away, not one iota, or the smallest stroke of a letter, shall pass from the law, until all things shall be accomplished.

If then thine eye, the right, leads thee to offend, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is highly for thy advantage, that one of thy members be destroyed, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

And if thy right hand leads thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is highly thy interest that one of thy members should be destroyed, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

It hath been said indeed, That whosoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce:

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

But let your discourse be, Yea, yea; No, no: for all addition to these is from the wicked one.

And if a man will prosecute thee, and take thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will himself reward thee openly.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

For if ye forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

but if ye forgive not to men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.

for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be transparent, thy whole body shall be enlightened.

But if thine eye be vitiated, thy whole body will be darkened. If therefore the light which is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

No man can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one, and love the other; or he will adhere to the one, and disregard the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

yet I tell you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

(for after all these things the heathen seek:) and your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of them all.

But seek ye, in the first place, the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be given you over.

Be not therefore anxious about to-morrow: for tomorrow will provide for its own wants. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

What man is there of you, of whom if his son ask a loaf, will he give him a stone?

or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

If ye then, evil as ye are, know how to bestow good gifts on your children; how much more will your Father who is in heaven, bestow good things on those who ask him?

All things therefore whatsoever ye would be willing that men should do to you, just so do ye to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Well then! by their fruits ye shall know them.

Not every one who saith to me, Lord, Lord! shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have we not cast out devils? and in thy name done many miracles?

And then will I profess unto them, that I never knew you: depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.

Every man therefore who is hearing from me these words, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the intelligent man, who erected his house upon a rock:

And every man who is hearing these sayings of mine, and doth not practise them, he will resemble the foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:

And it was so, that when Jesus had concluded all these sayings, the multitudes were exceedingly struck with his teaching:

And stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And instantly the leprosy was cleansed.

And Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him.

And when evening was come, they brought him many possessed by devils: and he cast out the spirits by a word, and all who had illnesses he cured:

And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

And he said to them, Go. Then they going forth out [of him], entered into the herd of swine: and lo! the whole herd of the swine rushed down a precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters.

But they who fed them fled, and going away into the city, reported all things, and what had happened to the demoniacs.

And, behold, all the city came out to meet him: and when they saw him, they besought him to depart from their territories.

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber weep, whilst the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.

And the fame of it went forth into all that country.

But they going forth, blazoned his fame through all that country.

And Jesus took a circuit through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease, and every malady among the people.

But be on your guard against men: for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrim, and scourge you in their synagogues.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, that man shall be saved.

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

Every one therefore who shall make confession of me before men, of him will I also make confession before my Father who is in heaven.

But whosoever shall disown me before men, him will I also disown before my Father who is in heaven.

For all the prophets and the law until John, foretold [this].

And if ye will receive it, this is Elias who was to come.

All things are delivered up to me by my Father: and no person knoweth the Son but the Father; neither knoweth any person the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.

Come to me, all who labour hard, and sustain heavy burdens, and I will give you relief.

But Jesus knew it, and retired from thence, and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all,

"Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment for the heathen.

And all the multitudes were lost in amazement, and they said, Is not this the son of David?

But Jesus knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself will be desolated; and every city, or family, divided against itself cannot subsist:

Else how can one enter into a strong man's house and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then will he plunder his goods?

Therefore I say unto you, All sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

for as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights; so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Then he saith, I will return to my mansion, whence I came; and on his arrival, he findeth it unoccupied, swept, and furnished.

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

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And vast multitudes were gathered together unto him, insomuch that he entered into a vessel to be seated; and all the multitude stood on the beach.

and while the men were asleep, his enemy came and sowed zizane among the wheat, and departed.

Let them both grow together till the harvest: and at the harvest-time I will say to the reapers, Gather out first the zizane, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

which indeed is among the smallest of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is among the greatest of herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make their nests in the branches of it.

Another parable spake he to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and covered up in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened.

All these things spake Jesus in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable he spake not to them:

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I will bring forth things hid from the foundation of the world.

The Son of man shall send out his angels, and shall gather together out of his kingdom all things offensive, and those who practise iniquity;

and will cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field: which when a man findeth, he hideth, and for joy thereof, goeth away and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

who, having discovered one of vast price, went away and sold all that he possessed, and bought it.

Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things?

and his sisters, are they not all among us? whence then hath he all these things?

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up the superabundance of the fragments, twelve baskets full.

And immediately Jesus compelled his disciples to go on board the vessel, and pass before him to the other side, while he dismissed the people.

And when the men of that place knew him, they sent into all that neighbourhood, and brought to him all that had illnesses:

Ye hypocrites, well hath Isaiah prophesied concerning you, saying,

Leave them to themselves: they are blind leaders of the blind. But if the blind lead the blind, they will both fall into the pit.

And great multitudes came to him, bringing with them the lame, blind, dumb, cripples, and many others, and cast them down at the feet of Jesus; and he cured them all:

Then Jesus calling his disciples, said, I have compassion on the multitude, for they have now continued with me three days, and have not any thing to eat: and send them away fasting I will not, lest they faint on the road.

And they did all eat, and were filled: and took up a superabundance of fragments seven baskets full.

And in the morning, It will be tempestuous to-day, for the sky is gloomy and fiery red. Ye hypocrites, do ye know how to discern the appearance of the sky, and are ye unable to discern the signs of the times?

And I tell thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.