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

And thou, Bethlehem, city of Judah, art by no means the least among the chiefs of Judah; for out of thee shall come a leader, that shall be a shepherd to my people Israel.

Then Herod, when he had secretly called the Magi, inquired of them strictly at what time the star, then visible, first made its appearance:

When they had heard the king, they departed; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over the place where the young child was.

and was there till the death of Herod; that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through his prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my Son.

Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and sent out and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem and in all its borders, from the age of two years and under, according to the time which he had strictly inquired of the Magi.

and saying: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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

Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees: therefore, every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

But Jesus answering said to him: Permit it now; for thus it be comes us to perform fully every righteous act. Then he permitted him.

But he answered and said: It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

and said to him: If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written: He will give his angels charge concerning you; and in their hands shall they take you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.

Jesus said to him: It is again written, You shall not put the Lord your God to the proof.

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.

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Bless ed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness; for they shall be filled.

You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has become tasteless, by what means shall it become salt again? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trod upon by men.

neither do men light a lamp and place it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it gives light to all that are in the house.

For verily I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one yod or one point shall in no way pass from the law till all be fulfilled.

You have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not kill; and whoever shall kill, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges.

Come to an agreement with your opponent at law quickly, while you are on the road with him, lest your opponent at law deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

Verily, I say to you, You shall by no means come out thence, till you have paid the last farthing.

You have heard that it was said: You shall not commit adultery.

If, then, your right eye ensnare you, tear it out, and throw it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.

And if your right hand ensnare you, cut it off, and throw it from you; for it is profit able for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.

It has been said: Whoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not swear falsely, but shall pay to the Lord your vows.

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

nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King:

neither shall you swear by your head, for you can not 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.

that you may be the sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun to rise upon the evil and the good, and causes it to rain on the just and on the unjust.

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

And if you salute your brethren only, in what do you excel? Do not even the publicans so?

But when you do a charitable deed, let not your left hand know what your right hand does;

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

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

For this reason I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat, and what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not your life a greater gift than food, and your body than clothing?

Observe the birds of the air, that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into granaries. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

Which of you, by his anxiety, can add one span to his life?

Therefore, be not anxious, 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.

And why do you look at the splinter that is in your brother's eye, but perceive not the beam that is in your own eye?

Or, how will you say to your brother, Let me pull out the splinter from your eye: and lo; a beam is in your own eye?

Hypocrite! first pull the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to pull the splinter out of 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.

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

Enter in through the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction; and many there are that go in through it.

How strait is the gate, and how narrow the way, that leads to life! and few there are that find it.

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

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

And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was its fall.

And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these words, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching:

And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying: I will; be clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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

And when Jesus heard it, he was filled with admiration, and said to those who followed him: Verily I say to you, not even in Israel have I found so great faith.

And Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as you have believed, so be it to you. And his servant was restored to health in that hour.

When the evening had come, they brought to him many that were possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and cured all that were sick;

But the men were astonished, and said: What man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

And when he had come to the opposite side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two men, coming out of the tombs, possessed with demons, very fierce, so that no one could pass that way.

And behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God? Hast thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Now there was, at a distance from them, a herd of many swine, feeding.

And the demons besought him, saying: If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.

And he said to them: Go. And when they had come out, they went away into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine rushed down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

And those who fed them fled, and went into the city, and told every thing, and what had happened to those who had been possessed with the demons.

And, behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they besought him to depart out of their borders.

And when the multitude saw it, they were astonished, and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

And as Jesus passed by from that place, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the custom-house; and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And it came to pass that, while Jesus was reclining at table in his house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined at table with him and his disciples.

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

When Jesus heard it, he said to them: Those who are in health have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy, and not sacrifice. For I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to repentance.

No one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment; for that which is put in to fill it up, takes from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

Nor do men put new wine into old bottles; if so, the bottles burst, and the wine runs out, and the bottles are lost. But they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

But when the multitude had been sent out, he went in, and took the maiden by the hand, and she arose.

And as Jesus was departing thence, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying: Son of David, have mercy on us.

Then he touched their eyes, and said: According to your faith, be it to you.

And their eyes were opened; and Jesus strictly charged them, saying: See that no one know it,

But they went out and spread his fame abroad in all that land.

And as they were going out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon.

And after the demon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. And the multitudes were astonished, and said: Never was it seen thus in Israel.

But the Pharisees said: He casts out the demons by the prince of the demons.

Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

And he called to him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they might cast them out, and care every disease and every infirmity.

And as you go, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Cure the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Whatever city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there make your home till you go away.

When you go into a house, salute it:

and if the house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.

And whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, when you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

Verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than for that city.

But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you shall speak; for that which you shall speak shall be given you in that hour:

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

It is enough for the disciple, that he be as his teacher; and for the servant, that he be as his master. If they call the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household?

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

Are not two sparrows sold for a far thing? and yet not one of them shall fall upon the ground with out your Father.

For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law:

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