Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Now Joseph, her husband [to be], being a man who did what was right, and not wanting to make a public spectacle out of her, decided to break off their engagement privately.

But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

Now when Joseph awoke from his sleep he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife home,

And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

Now when King Herod heard of it, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come forth a governor, Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.

and he sent them to Bethlehem, go, said he, make an exact enquiry about the young child, and when ye have found him, let me know it, that I too may come and pay my adorations to him.

Now, they, hearing the king, went, and lo! the star which they had seen in the east, was going before them, until it went and stood over where the child was;

Now [when they] saw the star, they rejoiced [with] very great joy.

Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

“A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
She refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more.”

Now [after] Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

"Get up, take the young child and His mother, and go [back] to the country of Israel, for those who had tried to take the young child's life are [now] dead."

Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Now, produce fruit that answers to your repentance,

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

Now [after he] was baptized, Jesus immediately went up from the water, and behold, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove coming upon him.

Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

Now [as he] was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew, throwing a casting net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.

Now [when he] saw the crowds, he went up the mountain and [after he] sat down, his disciples approached him.

Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.

No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house.

Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Ye have heard, that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt do no murder, and whosoever doth murder, shall be liable to the judgment.

Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

But, I, tell you, not to resist evil, - Nay, whoever is smiting thee on the right cheek, turn to him, the other also;

And if you greet only your relatives, that's no great thing you're doing, is it? Even the unbelievers do the same, don't they?

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

When you give alms, make no flourish of trumpets like the hypocrites in the synagogues and the streets, so as to win applause from men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;

But and if ye will not forgive men their trespasses, no more shall your father forgive your trespasses.

So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

the eye is the light of the body: now if your eye be clear, your whole body will be enlightned.

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

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Observe intently, the birds of the heaven, - that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet, your heavenly Father, feedeth, them: Are no, ye, much better than, they?

And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

Now, if the grass of the field - which to-day, is, and, to-morrow, into an oven, is cast - God thus adorneth, not much rather, you, little of faith?

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

"Pass no more judgments upon other people, so that you may not have judgment passed upon you.

And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

"No, every good tree bears good fruit, but a worthless tree bears bad fruit.

No sound tree can bear bad fruit, and no poor tree can bear good fruit.

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

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

Now, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts upon them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

Now when Jesus had finished his discourse, the crowds were astounded at his teaching,

Now as he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him.

And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

Now [when] he entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, appealing to him

Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.

But the centurion, answering, said, Lord! I am of no consideration, that, under my roof, thou shouldest enter, - but, only say with a word, and healed shall be my servant.

When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Then Jesus said to the Captain: "Go now, and it shall be according to your faith." And the man was cured that very hour.

Now when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever.

Now [when it] was evening, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed, and he expelled the spirits with a word. And he healed all {those who were sick},

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky [have] nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

Now a heavy storm came on at sea, so that the boat was buried under the waves. He was sleeping.

And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

Now the herdsmen fled and went into the town [and] reported everything, including the things concerning the demon-possessed men.

And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.

And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.

Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, "Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

Now the multitudes, seeing, were struck with fear, and glorified the God who had given authority, such as this, unto men.

But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.

No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

Now a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his robe;

Now when Jesus reached the official's house and saw the flute-players and the din the crowd were making,

Now as Jesus moved on from there, two blind men followed Him [i.e., probably being led by sighted persons]. They were shouting, "Have pity on us, son of David!"

And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

Now [as] they were going away, behold, they brought to him a demon-possessed man [who was] unable to speak.

When the evil spirit was driven out [by Jesus] the [former] deaf-mute began to speak, and the crowds marveled, saying, "No one in Israel has ever seen this done before."

Now Jesus went round to all the cities, and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people.

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

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