So all the generations from Abraham till David are fourteen generations: and from David till the removal to Babylon are fourteen generations: and from the removal to Babylon till the Christ are fourteen generations.

A voice was heard in Eamah, wailing and weeping, and great mourning; Eachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted because they are no more.

saying: Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who sought the young child's life.

And the tempter came to him and said: If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

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.

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.

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

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall receive mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called sons of God.

Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are you, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account.

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.

You are the light of the world: a city that lies upon a mountain can not be hid:

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.

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.

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?

And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they toil not, nor do they spin.

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.

But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravenous wolves.

By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?

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

And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the palsied man: Son, be of good courage; your sins are forgiven you.

For, which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk?

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

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.

Then he said to his disciples: The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

And fear not them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

Fear not, therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear; the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them;

But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings houses.

and if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah that was to come.

Come to me, all you that are weary, and heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him: Behold, your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.

Or, have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath-days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?

But he answered and said to him that told him: Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?

But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

But he said, No; lest while you are gathering the tares, you root up the wheat with them.

the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; the tares are the sons of the Wicked One;

the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.

As, therefore, the tares are collected and burned in fire, so shall it be in the end of this age.

And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then, has this man all these things?

and he said to his servants: This is John The Immerser; he has risen from the dead; and for this reason the powers of the spiritual world are active within him.

Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit.

Jesus replied: Are you also yet without understanding?

These are the things that defile the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.

And Jesus perceiving it, said to them: you of little faith! why are you reasoning among yourselves because you took no bread?

And Jesus answered and said to him: Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah; for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

And I say to you, That you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church: and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it.

But he turned and said to Peter: Get behind me, adversary; you are a snare to me: for you are not thinking of the things of God; but of the things of men.

Verily I say to you, There are some standing here that shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Peter said to him: From the sons of others. Jesus said to him: Then are their own sons free.

For where there are two or three that have come together for my sake, there I am in the midst of them.

So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

For there are eunuchs that were born such from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs that have been made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs that have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it that is able to accept it.

But Jesus looked on them, and said to them: "With men, this is impossible; but with God, all things are possible.

And every one that has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit eternal life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

So the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.

Be hold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

But Jesus answered and said: You know not what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and to be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed? They said to him: We are able.

Again, he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.

For many are called, but few chosen.

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that you are true, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and care not for any one: for you do not look upon the person of men.

They said to him: Caesar's. Then he said to them: Give, therefore, to Caesar the things that are Caesar s, and to God the things that are God s.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

For they bind up burdens that are heavy and hard to be borne, and lay them on the shoulders of men; but they refuse to move them with one of their fingers.

But you must not be called Rabbi; for one is your leader, and all of you are brethren.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you close the kingdom of heaven in the face of men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you suffer those who are entering, to go in.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and the plate; but within they are full of rapine and excess.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitened sepulchers, which without appear beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

So also you outwardly appear to men to be just, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

So then you testify against yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest those who are sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children together, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, and you refused.

But all these are the beginning of sorrows.

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

But alas for those who are with child, and those who give suck in those days!

And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

But he that had received the one talent came, and said: Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

and said: What are you willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed to him thirty pieces of silver.

But Jesus remained silent. And the chief priest answered and said to him: I adjure you, by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God?

After a little while, those who stood by came and said to Peter: Of a truth you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.

And Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying: Are you the king of the Jews? Jesus replied to him: You say it.

and saying: You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself; if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

And when they had found him, they said to him: All are seeking for thee.

And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic: Son, your sins are forgiven you.

And Jesus, immediately perceiving in his spirit that they thus reasoned within themselves, said to them: Why are you reasoning thus in your hearts?

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, take up your bed and walk?

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them: Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.

And no one puts new wine into old bottles; if so, the new wine bursts the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles are destroyed. But new wine must be put into new bottles.

And the Pharisees said to him: See, why are they doing on the sabbath-day what is not lawful?

And the multitude was sitting about him; and they said to him: Behold, your mother and your brothers are without, seeking you.

And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are without, all things are done in parables;

These are they that received seed by the wayside, where the word is sown; and when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

And these are they that, in like manner, received seed in stony places: who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy: