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Matthew 1
The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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 Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of Rehoboam was Abijah; and the son of Abijah was Asa;
The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers;
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;
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;
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;
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 the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.
And the son of Uzziah was Jotham; and the son of Jotham was Ahaz; and the son of Ahaz was Hezekiah;
And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as his wife;
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 Zerubbabel had Abiud; and Abiud had Eliakim; and Eliakim had Azor;
And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah;
And the sons of Josiah were Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the taking away to Babylon.
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.
Matthew 2
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.
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 when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,
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 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 when they saw the star they were full of joy.
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.
Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.
Then the word of Jeremiah the prophet came true,
And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.
You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.
Matthew 4
Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.
Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.
And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.
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.
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 took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,
Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;
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.
And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
And they went straight from the boat and their father and came after him.
And straight away they let go the nets and went after him.
So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,
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 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.
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 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.
And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.
Matthew 3
In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.
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?
Let your change of heart be seen in your works:
Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.
And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;
Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.
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:
Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;
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.
Matthew 5
And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,
Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.
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 peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.
Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.
Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.
Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.
Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
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.
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.
Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.
Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.
You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.
And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on its table; so that its rays may be shining on all who are in the house.
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
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 I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.
You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:
Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
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, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
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?
Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:
But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.
Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.
And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.
But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.
But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.
You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.
While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.
And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.
Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.
Matthew 6
But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.
But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;
But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.
And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.
Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.
Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does:
But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.
And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us.
Give us this day bread for our needs.
But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he not much more give you clothing, O you of little faith?
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:
For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.
And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself a cubit taller?
See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?
Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.
So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?
Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:
Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?
But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.
Matthew 7
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?
Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.
For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?
Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.
Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.
Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?
Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a snake?
So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.
Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.
Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:
Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,
And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
Matthew 8
And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,
And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him.
And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about this to anyone; but go and let the priest see you and make the offering which was ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.
And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good enough for you to come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be made well.
Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house, with no power in his body, and in great pain.
And he said to him, I will come and make him well.
And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.
Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure; be clean. And straight away he was made clean.
And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping.
Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.
And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?
And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.
And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your faith is, so let it be done to you. And the servant was made well in that hour.
And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs taking their food.
And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?
And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother in bed, very ill.
But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.
And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave an account of everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.
And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from her, and she got up and took care of his needs.
And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.
And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him.
And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.
And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea and came to their end in the water.
But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.
And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they made request that he would go away from their part of the country.
And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.
And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill;
And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.
So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.
Matthew 9
And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?
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 it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.
And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.
And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose name was Matthew, seated at the place where taxes were taken; and he said to him, Come after me. And he got up and went after him.
But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.
For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?
But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man has no respect for God.
But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.
But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?
And he got up and went away to his house.
And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.
And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.
While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.
He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.
But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.
And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.
And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the players with their instruments and the people making a noise,
And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?
Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you.
And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:
But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.
And the news of it went out into all that land.
And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.
And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.
And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for by pulling away from the old, it makes a worse hole.
Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.