Matthew 4:12-25; Matthew 5; Matthew 6; Matthew 7; Matthew 8; Matthew 9; Matthew 10; Matthew 11; Matthew 12; Matthew 13; Matthew 14:1-12

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Matthew 4:12-25

12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he returned to Galilee;

13 and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,

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

15 The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;

16 the people who sat in darkness saw great light, and to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up.

17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand.

18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers.

19 And he said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

20 And they straightway left their nets and followed him.

21 And going on from there, he saw another two brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.

22 And they immediately left the ship and their father and followed him.

23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every bodily weakness among the people.

24 And his fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with diverse diseases and torments and those who were possessed with devils and those who were lunatic and those that were paralyzed; and he healed them.

25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, from Decapolis, from Jerusalem, from Judaea and from beyond Jordan.

Matthew 5

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

2 and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

4 Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

5 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

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

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

10 Blessed are those who suffer persecution for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

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

12 Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in the heavens; for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

13 Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its savour, with what shall it be salted? From then on it is good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city set upon a mountain cannot be hid.

15 Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on the lampstand, and it gives light unto all that are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

17 Think not that I am come to undo the law or the prophets; I am not come to undo, but to fulfil.

18 For verily I say unto you, Until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall pass from the law until all is fulfilled.

19 Whosoever therefore shall undo one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.

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

21 Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not commit murder, and whosoever shall commit murder shall be guilty of the judgment;

22 but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother out of control shall be in danger of the judgment, and whosoever shall insult his brother shall be in danger of the council, but whosoever shall say, Thou art impious, shall be in danger of hell.

23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remember that thy brother has something against thee;

24 leave thy gift there before the altar, and go; first restore friendship with thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

25 Conciliate with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out of there, until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

27 Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not commit adultery;

28 but I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

29 Therefore if thy right eye should bring thee occasion to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

30 And if thy right hand should bring thee occasion to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is better for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

31 It was also said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce;

32 but I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery; and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery.

33 Again, ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not perjure thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths;

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

35 nor by the earth, for it is his footstool, neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

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

37 But let your communication be, Yes, yes; No, no; for whatsoever is more than this comes of evil.

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

39 but I say unto you, That ye resist not with evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

40 And if anyone desires to sue thee at the law, and take away thy clothing, let him have thy cloak also.

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

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

43 Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those that curse you, do good to those that hate you, and pray for those who speak evil about you, and persecute you;

45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is in the heavens, for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

46 For if ye love those who love you, what reward shall ye have? Do not even the publicans the same?

47 And if ye embrace your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so?

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in the heavens is perfect.

Matthew 6

1 Take heed not to do your alms {lit. acts of mercy} before men, to be seen of them; otherwise, ye have no reward of your Father who is in the heavens.

2 Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound 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 already have their reward.

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

4 that thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret, he shall reward thee openly.

5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They already have their reward.

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall reward thee openly.

7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions as the worldly do, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

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

9 Ye, therefore, are to pray like this: Our Father who art in the heavens, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And set us free from our debts, as we set free our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

14 For if ye set men free from their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also set you free;

15 but if ye do not set men free from their trespasses, neither will your Father set you free from your trespasses.

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

17 But thou, when thou dost fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face

18 that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who sees in secret, shall reward thee openly.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal;

20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal;

21 for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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

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

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

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

26 Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not much better than they?

27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

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

30 Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?

32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things.) For your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the affliction thereof.

Matthew 7

1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2 For with the judgment with which ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with the measure with which ye measure, ye shall be measured again.

3 And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother’s eye but dost not consider the beam that is in thine own eye?

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

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou be able to see to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

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

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

8 for every one that asks receives, and he that seeks finds, and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom, if his son asks for bread, will he give him a stone?

10 Or if he asks for fish, will he give him a serpent?

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

12 Therefore, all things whatsoever ye desire that men should do unto you, so also shall ye do unto them, for this is the law and the prophets.

13 Enter ye in at the narrow gate, for the way that leads to destruction is wide and spacious, and those who follow it are many;

14 because narrow is the gate, and confined is the way which leads unto life, and there are few that find it.

15 Keep yourselves also from the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

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

17 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit.

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

19 Every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.

20 So that by their fruits ye shall know them.

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

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

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

24 Therefore, whosoever hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him unto a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

25 and the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it did not fall, for it was founded upon a rock.

26 And every one that hears these words of mine and does not do them shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

27 and the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.

28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these words, the multitude marvelled at his doctrine;

29 for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.

Matthew 8

1 When he was come down from the mountain, many people followed him.

2 And, behold, a leper came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou art willing, thou art able to cleanse me.

3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4 Then Jesus said unto him, See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

5 And when Jesus was entering into Capernaum, a centurion came unto him, beseeching him,

6 and saying, Lord, my servant lies at home paralyzed, grievously tormented.

7 And Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him.

8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou should come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my slave, Do this, and he does it.

10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled and said to those that followed, Verily I say unto you that not even in Israel have I found such faith.

11 But I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west and shall sit down at the table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens.

12 But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13 Then Jesus said unto the centurion, Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in that same hour.

14 And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying in bed and with fever.

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

16 When evening was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils, and he cast out the spirits with the word and healed all that were sick

17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, He took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.

18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he commanded that they depart unto the other side.

19 And a certain scribe came and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee wherever thou goest.

20 And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.

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

22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

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

24 And, behold, there arose a great moving in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was asleep.

25 And his disciples came to him and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish.

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

27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey him!

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

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

30 And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

31 So the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine; and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.

33 And those that fed them fled and went into the city and told everything and what was befallen to the ones possessed of the demons.

34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their borders.

Matthew 9

1 And he entered into a ship and passed over and came into his own city.

2 And, behold, they brought him a paralyzed man, lying on a bed; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the paralyzed man, Trust, son; thy sins are forgiven thee.

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

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

5 For what is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise, and walk?

6 But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins (then said he to the paralyzed man), Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

7 Then he arose and departed to his house.

8 And the multitude, seeing it, marvelled and glorified God, who had given such power unto men.

9 And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

10 And it came to pass, as he sat at food in his house, behold, many publicans and sinners that had come sat down at the table with Jesus and his disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why does your Master eat with publicans and sinners?

12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, Those that are whole need not a physician, but those that are sick.

13 Therefore go ye and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?

15 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 from them, and then they shall fast.

16 No one mends an old garment with a piece of new cloth, for that patch takes from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

17 Neither do they put new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the wineskins break, and the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish; but they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved together.

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

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

20 And, behold, a woman who was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years came behind him and touched the hem of his garment;

21 for she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be free.

22 But Jesus turned around, and when he saw her, he said, Trust, daughter; thy faith has made thee free. And the woman was free from that hour.

23 And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

24 he said unto them, Give place, for the maid is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed him to scorn.

25 But when the people were put forth, he went in and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

26 And the fame of this went abroad into all that land.

27 And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.

28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yes, Lord.

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

30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no one knows it.

31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

32 And as they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon.

33 And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spoke; and the multitude marvelled, saying, Such a thing has never been seen in Israel.

34 But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons through the prince of the demons.

35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every weakness among the people.

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

37 Then he said unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

38 pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Matthew 10

1 Then calling his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of weakness.

2 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;

3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

4 Simon the Canaanite and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

5 These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them, saying, Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans,

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

7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has come.

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

9 Provide neither gold nor silver nor money in your girdles,

10 nor bag for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes nor a staff, for the workman is worthy of his food.

11 And into whatever city or town ye shall enter, search out with diligence who in it is worthy; and there abide until ye go from there.

12 And entering into the house, salute it.

13 And if the house is worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it is not worthy, your peace shall return to you.

14 And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words, depart out of that house or city and shake off the dust of your feet.

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

16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore prudent as serpents and innocent as doves.

17 But keep yourselves from men, for they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

18 and ye shall even be brought before princes and kings for my sake, for testimony unto them and to the Gentiles.

19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

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

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

22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name, but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another, for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel until the Son of man be come.

24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the slave above his lord.

25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the slave as his lord. If they have called the husband of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?

26 Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, nor hid that shall not be known.

27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light, and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye from the housetops.

28 And fear not those who 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.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Fear ye not, therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in the heavens.

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

34 Think not that I have come to introduce peace into the land; I came not to introduce peace, but a sword.

35 For I have come 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.

36 And a man’s foes shall be those of his own household.

37 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38 And he that does not take his cross {Gr. Stauros – stake} and follow after me is not worthy of me.

39 He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

40 He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.

41 He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward, and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

42 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.

Matthew 11

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished giving commandments to his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities.

2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

3 and said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John those things which you hear and see:

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

6 And blessed is he who is not offended in me.

7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

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

9 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

10 For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

11 Verily I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist; notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, life is given unto the kingdom of the heavens, and the valiant take hold of it.

13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

14 And if ye will receive it, this is that Elijah who was to come.

15 He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

16 But unto whom shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets and shouting unto their fellows

17 and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil.

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

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

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

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

23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to Hades, for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in those of Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

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

25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and understanding and hast revealed them unto children.

26 Even so, Father, for thus it was pleasing in thy sight.

27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no one has known the Son but the Father, neither has anyone known the Father except the Son and he unto whom the Son will reveal him.

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

29 Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and ye shall find rest for your souls.

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

Matthew 12

1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the planted fields, and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck the ears of grain and to eat.

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

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

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

5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath and are blameless?

6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

7 But if ye knew what this means, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not condemn the innocent.

8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

9 And when he was departed from there, he went into their synagogue;

10 and, behold, there was a man who had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

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

12 Therefore, how much more is a man worth than a sheep? So that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days.

13 Then he said to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like the other.

14 Then the Pharisees went out and took council against him that they might destroy him.

15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there; and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

16 and strictly charged them that they should not make him known;

17 so that it which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said,

18 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 unto the Gentiles.

19 He shall not strive nor cry, neither shall anyone hear his voice in the streets.

20 A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoking flax he shall not quench until he sends forth judgment unto victory.

21 And in his name shall the Gentiles wait.

22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb, and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.

23 And all the people were amazed and said, Is not this the son of David?

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

25 And Jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not remain;

26 and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom remain?

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

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

29 Or else how can one enter into the strong man’s house and spoil his goods except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

30 He that is not with me is against me, and he that does not gather with me scatters abroad.

31 Therefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men.

32 And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him, but whosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, neither in the age to come.

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

34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

35 The good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

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

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

38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we desire to see a sign from thee.

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

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

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

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

43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of the man, it walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.

44 Then it says, I will return into my house from which I came out; and when it is come, it finds it empty, swept, and garnished.

45 Then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits worse than itself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it also be unto this wicked generation.

46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak with him.

47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brothers stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

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

49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers!

50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, the same is my brother and sister and mother.

Matthew 13

1 The same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea side.

2 And a great multitude was gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship and sat, and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

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

4 and when he sowed, some of the seed fell beside the way, and the fowls came and devoured them up.

5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprang up because they had no deepness of earth;

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

7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them.

8 But some fell into good ground and brought forth fruit: one a hundredfold and another sixtyfold and another thirtyfold.

9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

10 Then the disciples came and said unto him, Why dost thou speak unto them in parables?

11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given.

12 For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have in abundance; but whosoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that which he has.

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

14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, By hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive;

15 for this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and should understand with their heart and should be converted, and I should heal them.

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

17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see and have not seen them and to hear those things which ye hear and have not heard them.

18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who was planted beside the way.

20 But he that was planted in stony places, the same is he that hears the word and receives it immediately with joy;

21 yet he has no root in himself but is temporal, for when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, by and by he is offended.

22 And he that was planted among the thorns is he that hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

23 But he that was planted in good ground is he that hears the word and understands it and who also bears the fruit and brings forth: one a hundredfold and another sixty and another thirty.

24 He put forth another parable unto them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is likened unto a man who sows good seed in his field

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

26 But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit, then the tares appeared also.

27 So the slaves of the husband of the house came and said unto him, Lord, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? From where then does it have tares?

28 He said unto them, The enemy, a man, has done this. The slaves said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

29 But he said, No, lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

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

31 He put forth another parable unto them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

32 which indeed is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and make their nests in its branches.

33 He spoke another parable unto them: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.

34 Jesus spoke all these things unto the multitude in parables and said nothing unto them without parables

35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house, and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

37 He answered and said unto them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;

38 the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked;

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

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

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and those who do iniquity

42 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

44 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto treasure hid in the field, which when found, a man hides it and, for the joy thereof, goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

45 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls,

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

47 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind of fish,

48 which, when it was full, they drew to shore and sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

49 So shall it be at the end of the age; the angels shall come forth and separate the wicked from among the just

50 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

51 Jesus said unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They answered unto him, Yes, Lord.

52 And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who is instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man, a husband of a house, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.

53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished and said, From where does this man have this wisdom and these mighty works?

55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? From where then does this man have all these things?

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

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

Matthew 14:1-12

1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus

2 and said unto his slaves, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him.

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

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

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

6 But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod.

7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask.

8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John the Baptist’s head in a platter.

9 And the king was sorry; nevertheless because of the oath and of those who sat with him at the table, he commanded it to be given her.

10 And he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

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

12 And his disciples came and took up the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.