And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel.


And I said, Let them set a clean mitre upon his head. So they set a clean mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the angel of Jehovah was standing by.


And the angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying,


Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou also shalt judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee a place of access among these that stand by.


Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee; for they are men that are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.


For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; upon one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.


In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall ye invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig-tree.


And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.


And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and, behold, a candlestick all of gold, with its bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;


and two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.


And I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?


Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.


Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.


Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings of Grace, grace, unto it.


Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,


The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.


For who hath despised the day of small things? for these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth.


Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?


And I answered the second time, and said unto him, What are these two olive-branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil out of themselves?


And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.


Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.


Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll.


And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.


Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it.


I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.


Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.


And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land


(and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.


And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.


Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven.


Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?


And he said unto me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.


And again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.


In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;


and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled strong horses.


Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?


And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.


The chariot wherein are the black horses goeth forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south country.


And the strong went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.


Then cried he to me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, they that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.


And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,


Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, whither they are come from Babylon;


yea, take of them silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;


and speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of Jehovah;


even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.


And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of Jehovah.


And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of Jehovah; and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of Jehovah your God.


And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev.


Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to entreat the favor of Jehovah,


and to speak unto the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?


Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts unto me, saying,


Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?


And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?


Should ye not hear the words which Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?


And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,


Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;


and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.


But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.


Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore there came great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.


And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts;


but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.


And the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,


Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.


Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy mountain.


Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.


And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.


Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith Jehovah of hosts.


Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;


and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.


Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.


For before those days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in, because of the adversary: for I set all men every one against his neighbor.


But now I will not be unto the remnant of this people as in the former days, saith Jehovah of hosts.


For there shall be the seed of peace; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.


And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.


For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: As I thought to do evil unto you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I repented not;


so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.


These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;


and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.


And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,


Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love truth and peace.


Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;


and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.


Yea, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Jehovah.


Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.


The burden of the word of Jehovah upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be its resting-place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Jehovah);


and Hamath, also, which bordereth thereon; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.


And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.


Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.


Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be sore pained; and Ekron, for her expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.


And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.


And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.


And I will encamp about my house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.


Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.


And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speak peace unto the nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.


As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.


Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.


For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.


And Jehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.


Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.


And Jehovah their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land.


For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.


Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even of Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.


For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.


Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his goodly horse in the battle.


From him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.


And they shall be as mighty men, treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.


And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will hear them.


And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine; yea, their children shall see it, and rejoice; their heart shall be glad in Jehovah.


I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.


And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.


I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.


And he will pass through the sea of affliction, and will smite the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart.


And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.


Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.


Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.


A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.


Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;


whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.


For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.


So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.


And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.


Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.


And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.


And it was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.


And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver.


And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of Jehovah.


Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.


And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.


For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.


Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.


The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:


Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.


And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.


In that day, saith Jehovah, I will smite every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness.


And the chieftains of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Jehovah of hosts their God.


In that day will I make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; and they of Jerusalem shall yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.


Jehovah also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem be not magnified above Judah.


In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of Jehovah before them.


And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.


And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.


In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.


And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;


the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;


all the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.


In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.


And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.


And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.


And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive:


but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.


And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds between thine arms? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.


Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.


And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.


And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.


Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.


For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.


Then shall Jehovah go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.


And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.


And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee.


And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves:


but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.


And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.


And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.


All the land shall be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king's winepresses.


And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.


And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.


And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from Jehovah shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.


And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.


And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in those camps, as that plague.


And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.


And it shall be, that whoso of all the families of the earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain.


And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, neither shall it be upon them; there shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.


This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.


In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH; and the pots in Jehovah's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.


Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy unto Jehovah of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and boil therein: and in that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts.


The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.


I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;


but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.


Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.


And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, Jehovah be magnified beyond the border of Israel.


A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?


Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar. And ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.


And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, it is no evil! and when ye offer the lame and sick, it is no evil! Present it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee? or will he accept thy person? saith Jehovah of hosts.


And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.


Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.


For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.


But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible.


Ye say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts; and ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the offering: should I accept this at your hand? saith Jehovah.


But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.


And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.


If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.


Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it.


And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.


My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.


The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.


For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.


But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.


Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.


Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?


Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.


Jehovah will cut off, to the man that doeth this, him that waketh and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto Jehovah of hosts.


And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.


Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.


And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.


For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.


Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?


Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.


But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:


and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.


Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.


And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.


For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.


From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?


Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.


Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.


Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.


And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.


And all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.


Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?


Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?


and now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.


Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.


And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, even mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.


Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.


For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.


But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.


And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.


Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.


Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.


And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.


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


Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;


and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Ram;


and Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon; and Nahshon begat Salmon;


and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;


and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah;


and Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa;


and Asa begat Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Uzziah;


and Uzziah begat Jotham; and Jotham begat Ahaz; and Ahaz begat Hezekiah;


and Hezekiah begat Manasseh; and Manasseh begat Amon; and Amon begat Josiah;


and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away to Babylon.


And after the carrying away to Babylon, Jechoniah begat Shealtiel; and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel;


and Zerubbabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;


and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;


and Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;


and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.


So all the generations from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations; and from David unto the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon unto the Christ fourteen generations.


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


And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.


But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.


And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.


Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,


Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.


And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife;


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


Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,


Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and are come to worship him.


And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.


And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.


And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet,


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.


Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared.


And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.


And they, having heard the king, went their way; and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.


And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.


And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.


And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.


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.


And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt;


and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.


Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.


Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,


A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she would not be comforted, because they are not.


But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,


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


And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.


But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judæa in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither; and being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee,


and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.


And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, saying,


Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.


For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.


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.


Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region round about the Jordan;


and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.


But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?


Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:


and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.


And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.


I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:


whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.


Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.


But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?


But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.


And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;


and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.


Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.


And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.


And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.


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


Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,


and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.


Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.


Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;


and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.


Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.


Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.


Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee;


and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali:


that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,


The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,


The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.


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


And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers.


And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.


And they straightway left the nets, and followed him.


And going on from thence he saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.


And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.


And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.


And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.


And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judæa and from beyond the Jordan.


And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him:


and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,


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.


Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.


Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain 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 have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.


Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.


Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.


Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.


Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.


Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.


Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.


Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.


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


Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.


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


Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:


but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.


If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,


leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.


Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.


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


Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:


but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.


And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.


And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body go into hell.


It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:


but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.


Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:


but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God;


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


Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.


But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.


Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:


but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.


And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.


And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.


Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.


Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:


but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;


that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.


For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?


And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?


Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.


Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.


When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.


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


that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.


And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.


But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.


And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.


Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.


After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.


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


Give us this day our daily bread.


And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.


And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.


For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.


But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.


Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.


But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;


that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.


Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:


but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:


for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.


The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.


But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!


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


Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious 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 the food, and the body than the raiment?


Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?


And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?


And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:


yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.


But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?


Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?


For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.


But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.


Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.


Judge not, that ye be not judged.


For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.


And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?


Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?


Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.


Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.


Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:


for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.


Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone;


or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?


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


All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.


Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.


For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.


Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.


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


Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.


A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.


Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.


Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.


Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.


Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?


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


Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:


and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.


And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:


and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.


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


for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.


And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.


And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.


And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway his leprosy was cleansed.


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


And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,


and saying, Lord, my servant lieth in the house sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.


And he saith unto him, I will come and heal him.


And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.


For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.


And 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.


And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:


but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.


And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And the servant was healed in that hour.


And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick of a fever.


And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered unto him.


And when even was come, they brought unto him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick:


that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.


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


And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.


And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.


And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.


But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.


And when he was entered into a boat, his disciples followed him.


And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.


And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish.


And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.


And the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?


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


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


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


And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.


And he said unto them, Go. And they came out, and went into the swine: and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters.


And they that fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and what was befallen to them that were possessed with demons.


And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their borders.


And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.


And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.


And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.


And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?


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


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


And he arose, and departed to his house.


But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and glorified God, who had given such authority unto men.


And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.


And it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.


And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?


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


But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.


Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?


And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.


And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made.


Neither do men put new wine into old wine-skins: else the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are preserved.


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


And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.


And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:


for she said within herself, If I do but touch his garment, I shall be made whole.


But Jesus turning and seeing her said, Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.


And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult,


he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.


But when the crowd was put forth, he entered in, and took her by the hand; and the damsel arose.


And the fame hereof went forth into all that land.


And as Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou son of David.


And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.


Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done unto you.


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


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


And as they went forth, behold, there was brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon.


And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.


But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.


And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.


But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.


Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few.


Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.


And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.


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;


Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus;


Simon the Cananæan, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.


These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans:


but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.


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


Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.


Get you no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses;


no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.


And into whatsoever city or village ye shall enter, search out who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go forth.


And as ye enter into the house, salute it.


And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.


And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.


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


Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.


But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;


yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.


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


For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.


And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.


And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.


But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.


A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.


It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!


Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.


What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.


And be not afraid of 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 penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father:


but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.


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


Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.


But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.


Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.


For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law:


and a man's foes shall be they of his own household.


He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.


And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.


He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.


He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.


He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward: and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.


And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward.


And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.


Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples


and said unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?


And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye hear and see:


the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.


And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.


And as these went their way, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?


But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft raiment are in kings' houses.


But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.


This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.


Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.


And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.


For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.


And if ye are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, that is to come.


He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.


But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows


and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.


For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.


The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.


Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.


Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.


But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.


And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day.


But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.


At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:


yea, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.


All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.


Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.


Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.


For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.


At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat.


But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.


But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;


how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?


Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?


But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.


But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.


For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.


And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue:


and behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him.


And he said unto them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?


How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.


Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other.


But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.


And Jesus perceiving it withdrew from thence: and many followed him; and he healed them all,


and charged them that they should not make him known:


that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,


Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.


He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.


A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory.


And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.


Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw.


And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the son of David?


But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.


And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:


and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?


And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.


But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.


Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.


He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.


Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.


And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.


Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.


Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.


The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.


And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.


For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.


Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee.


But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:


for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.


The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.


The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.


But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.


Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.


Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.


While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.


And one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking to speak to thee.


But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?


And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren!


For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.


On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.


And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.


And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;


and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:


and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:


and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.


And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:


and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.


He that hath ears, let him hear.


And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?


And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.


For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.


Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.


And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:


For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.


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


For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.


Hear then ye the parable of the sower.


When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.


And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;


yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.


And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.


And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.


Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:


but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.


But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.


And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?


And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?


But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.


Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.


Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:


which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.


Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.


All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:


that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.


Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.


And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;


and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;


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


As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world.


The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,


and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.


Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.


The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.


Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls:


and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.


Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:


which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they cast away.


So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous,


Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea.


And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.


And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.


And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?


Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?


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


And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.


And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.


At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,


and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.


For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.


For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.


And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.


But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.


Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.


And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.


And the king was grieved; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given;


and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.


And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.


And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.


Now when Jesus heard it, he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard thereof, they followed him on foot from the cities.


And he came forth, and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.


And when even was come, the disciples came to him, saying, The place is desert, and the time is already past; send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.


But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away; give ye them to eat.


And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.


And he said, Bring them hither to me.


And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.


And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.


And they that did eat were about five thousand men, besides women and children.


And straightway he constrained the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side, till he should send the multitudes away.


And after he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray: and when even was come, he was there alone.


But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves; for the wind was contrary.


And in the fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking upon the sea.


And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear.


But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.


And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee upon the waters.


And he said, Come. And Peter went down from the boat, and walked upon the waters to come to Jesus.


But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.


And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and saith unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?


And when they were gone up into the boat, the wind ceased.


And they that were in the boat worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.


And when they had crossed over, they came to the land, unto Gennesaret.


And when the men of that place knew him, they sent into all that region round about, and brought unto him all that were sick;


and they besought him that they might only touch the border of his garment: and as many as touched were made whole.


Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,


Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.


And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?


For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.


But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God;


he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.


Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,


This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.


But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.


And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:


Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.


Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?


But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.


Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.


And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.


And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?


Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?


But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.


For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:


these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.


And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.


And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.


But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.


But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.


But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.


And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.


But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.


Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.


And Jesus departed thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.


And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at his feet; and he healed them:


insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.


And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.


And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?


And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.


And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;


and he took the seven loaves and the fishes; and he gave thanks and brake, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.


And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.


And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.


And he sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.


And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.


But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.


And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times.