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And the sons of Josiah were Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the taking away to Babylon.

And the son of Ram was Amminadab; and the son of Amminadab was Nahshon; and the son of Nahshon was Salmon;

And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah;

And the son of Uzziah was Jotham; and the son of Jotham was Ahaz; and the son of Ahaz was Hezekiah;

And the sons of Judah were Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and the son of Perez was Hezron; and the son of Hezron was Ram;

The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

And the son of Hezekiah was Manasseh; and the son of Manasseh was Amon; and the son of Amon was Josiah;

And the son of Salmon by Rahab was Boaz; and the son of Boaz by Ruth was Obed; and the son of Obed was Jesse;

The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers;

And after the taking away to Babylon, Jechoniah had a son Shealtiel; and Shealtiel had Zerubbabel;

And Azor had Zadok; and Zadok had Achim; and Achim had Eliud;

And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as his wife;

Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the taking away to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the taking away to Babylon to the coming of Christ, fourteen generations.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.

And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

And Zerubbabel had Abiud; and Abiud had Eliakim; and Eliakim had Azor;

And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

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.

And Eliud had Eleazar; and Eleazar had Matthan; and Matthan had Jacob;

And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.

See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.

And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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 the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.

And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.

In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.

But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

And when they saw the star they were full of joy.

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was.

And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.

Then the word of Jeremiah the prophet came true,

And he came and was living in a town named Nazareth: so that the word of the prophets might come true, He will be named a Nazarene.

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.

And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.

And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his living-place in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali:

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,

And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.

And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.

The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.

Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;

The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

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.

But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,

Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.

And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.

Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

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

You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.

Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.