DASV [Digital American Standard Version]
Matthew 1
1 The record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,
4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa,
8 and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah,
9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah,
11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12 After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor;
14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud,
15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place like this. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
19 Joseph her fiancé, being a righteous man, and not willing to shame her in public, considered breaking off the engagement privately.
20 But when he thought on these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, because that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21 She will give birth to a son, and you will call his name ‘Jesus,’ for he will save his people from their sins.”
22 Now all this happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
23 “Look, the virgin will be with child, and will bring forth a son, and they will call his name Immanuel,” which means, “God with us.”
24 Joseph woke up from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took her as his wife,
25 but he had no marital relations with her until she had given birth to a son, and he called his name Jesus.
Matthew 2
1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, at that time, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
2 “Where is he who is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star rising in the eastern sky, and are come to worship him.”
3 When Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 Gathering together all the chief priests and experts in the law of the people, he asked them where the Christ should be born.
5 They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judaea, for so it is written through the prophet,
6 ‘And you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no wise least among the princes of Judah: for out of you will come a governor, who will be shepherd over my people Israel.’”
7 Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.
8 He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.”
9 They, having heard the king, went their way; and the star, which they saw rising in the eastern sky, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
10 When they saw the star, they were overwhelmed with joy.
11 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him. Opening their treasures, they gave him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
12 After being warned by God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed to their own country another way.
13 After they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I tell you: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”
14 He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and left for Egypt.
15 He 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 I called my son.”
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was tricked by the wise men, was very angry, and sent and slew all the male children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she would not be comforted, because they were gone.”
19 But after Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
20 “Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for they are dead who sought the young child's life.”
21 So he got up and took the young child and his mother, and returned to the land of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judaea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee.
23 He went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.
Matthew 3
1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,
2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
3 For this is the one who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
4 Now John wore clothes made of camel's hair, and a had leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
5 Then the people of Jerusalem, all Judaea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him,
6 and they were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to see his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth, therefore, fruit worthy of repentance,
9 and do not think to tell yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
10 Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down, and cast into the fire.
11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry, he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean out his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
14 But John resisted him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”
15 But Jesus answering said to him, “Permit it now, for it is proper for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he agreed to do it.
16 After Jesus was baptized, when he came up out of the water, suddenly, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him.
17 A voice from of heaven, said, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 4
1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 After he had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4 But he answered and said, “It is written, Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
5 Then the devil took him into the holy city and set him on the highest point of the temple,
6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will give his angels charge concerning you, and with their hands they will catch you, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’”
7 Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
8 Again, the devil took him to an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their splendor.
9 He said to him, “All these things will I give you, if you will bow down and worship me.”
10 Then Jesus said to him, “Get out of here, Satan, for it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”
11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and took care of him.
12 Now when he heard that John was arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.
13 After leaving Nazareth, he came and stayed in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
14 that it might be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, saying,
15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
16 the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, the light has dawned.”
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
18 While walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
19 He said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
20 And immediately they left the nets, and followed him.
21 And going on from there he saw two more brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
22 Immediately, they left the boat and their father, and followed him.
23 Jesus went around all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people.
24 So a report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, those who had various diseases and terrible pains, those possessed with demons, epileptic, and crippled, and he healed them.
25 Large crowds from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judaea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
Matthew 5
1 Seeing the crowds, he went up into the mountain. After he sat down, his disciples came to him.
2 He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and say all types of evil things against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
13 You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its saltiness can you make it salty again? It is good for nothing, but to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
15 No one lights a lamp, and puts it under a bushel basket, but on the stand, and it shines for all that are in the house.
16 In the same way let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
17 Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets, I have not come to destroy, but to fulfill them.
18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one dot or one pen-stroke will in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do so, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the experts in the law and Pharisees, you will in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21 You have heard that it was said to them of old time, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘whoever does commit murder will be in danger of the judgment.’
22 But I say to you, that every one who is angry with his brother will be in danger of the judgment; and whoever insults his brother saying, ‘Idiot,’ will be in danger of the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be in danger of the hell of fire.
23 If therefore you offer your gift at the altar, and remember that your brother has something against you,
24 leave your gift before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you are thrown into prison.
26 Truly I say to you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny.
27 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
28 But I say to you, that every one who looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 And if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it away, for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should go to hell.
30 If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off, and throw it away! For it is better that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body go to hell.
31 It was also said, ‘Whoever will put away his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
32 But I say to you, that every one who divorces his wife, except for the cause of unfaithfulness, makes her an adulteress, and whoever marries her when she is so divorced commits adultery.
33 Again, you have heard that it was said to them in old times, ‘You shall not break your oaths, but shall keep your oath to the Lord.’
34 But I say to you, do not swear at all, neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God,
35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither should you swear by your head, for you can not make one hair white or black.
37 But let your speech simply be, ‘Yes,’ meaning yes, and ‘No,’ meaning no, and whatever is more than these is from the evil one.
38 You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
39 But I say to you, do not resist him that is evil, but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 If any one would take you to court, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
41 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
42 Give to the one who asks from you, and from the one who would borrow from you do not turn away.
43 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’
44 But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
45 that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven, since he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? do not even the tax collectors the same?
47 And if you greet only your brothers, what do you more than others? Do not even the Gentiles the same?
48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 6
1 Beware that you do not do your righteousness deeds before men, to be seen of them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
2 When you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
3 But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,
4 that your giving may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will
reward you.
5 And when you pray, you should 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 by men. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
7 When praying do not use meaningless repetitions, as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask.
9 Pray like this: Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be your name.
10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
14 For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, neither will your Father forgive your sins.
16 Moreover when you fast, do not be as the hypocrites, who make their faces sad, for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to fast. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face,
18 that you may not be seen by men to fast, but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
19 Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.
20 But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break through and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is the 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 one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
25 Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
26 Look at the birds of the heaven, they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much more value then they?
27 And which of you by worrying can add one hour to life?
28 Why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they do not work, nor do they spin.
29 Yet I say to you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.
33 But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you as well.
34 Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 7
1 Judge not, so that you will not be judged.
2 For with the same judgment you judge, you will be judged, and with what measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3 Why do you gape at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye?
4 Or how will you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and yet, there is a beam in your own eye?
5 You hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.
7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened for you.
8 For every one who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to whoever knocks it will be opened.
9 Will anyone among you, if his son will ask him for a loaf of bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?
11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?
12 Whatever therefore you would that others should do to you, so you should do to them, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
13 Enter in by the narrow gate, for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
14 But narrow is the gate, and the way is hard, that leads to life, and only a few find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
16 By their fruits you will know them. Do people gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
17 Even so every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down, and thrown into the fire.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
21 Not every one that says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and by your name cast out demons, and by your name do many mighty works?’
23 And then I will profess to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you that work iniquity.’
24 Every one therefore that hears these words of mine, and does them, is like a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
25 The rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it did not fall, because its foundation was upon the rock.
26 Every one who hears these words of mine, and does not do them, is like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
27 The rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was its fall.
28 It came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching:
29 for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their legal experts.
Matthew 8
1 After he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
2 A man with leprosy came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
3 He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I will; be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
4 Then Jesus said to him, “Make sure you do not tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”
5 When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him,
6 and saying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house sick, paralyzed and suffering terribly.”
7 He said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
8 The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof, just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. I say to this one, “Go,” and he goes, and to another, “Come,” and he comes, and to my servant, “Do this,” and he does it.
10 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in anyone in Israel.
11 I say to you, that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven,
12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”
13 Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way, as you have believed, it will be done for you.” And the servant was healed in that exact hour.
14 When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter’s wife's mother lying sick from a fever.
15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up, and served him.
16 That evening, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick.
17 So was fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.”
18 Now when Jesus saw the large crowd around him, he gave orders to depart to the other side.
19 A scribe came, and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 Jesus said to 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 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
23 When he entered into a boat, his disciples followed him.
24 Suddenly, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves. But he was asleep.
25 They came to him, and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are about to perish!”
26 He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27 They marveled, saying, “What type of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”
28 When he came to the other side to the country of the Gadarenes, he met two men possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one could pass by that way.
29 They cried out, saying, “What do you want with us, you Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?”
30 Now there was a good distance away from them a herd of many pigs feeding.
31 Then the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”
32 He said to them, “Go.” And they came out, and went into the pigs. Suddenly, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the waters.
33 They that fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and that happened to the ones possessed with demons.
34 Then all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they requested that he leave their territory.
Matthew 9
1 He got into a boat, and crossed over, and came to his own town.
2 Then some people brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the one paralyzed, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven.”
3 Then, certain of the experts in the law said to themselves, “This man blasphemes.”
4 Jesus knowing their thoughts said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
5 Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk’?
6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins (then he said to the paralyzed man), “Get up, and take your mat, and go home.”
7 He got up, and went home.
8 But when the multitudes saw it, they were awe-struck, and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up, and followed him.
10 It happened, as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”
12 But when Jesus heard it, he said, “They who are healthy do not need of a doctor, but those who are sick.
13 But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees frequently fast, but your disciples do not?”
15 Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
16 No one sews an unshrunk patch on old clothes; for the patch will tear away from the garment, and the tear is made worse.
17 People do not put new wine into old wineskins, else the wineskins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
18 While he spoke these things to them, suddenly, a ruler came and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter just died, but come and lay your hand upon her, and she will live.”
19 Jesus got up, followed him, and so did his disciples.
20 Right then, a woman, who had a discharge of blood for twelve years, came behind him, and touched the edge of his garment.
21 For she said to herself, “If I can touch his garment, I will be cured.”
22 But Jesus turning and seeing her said, “Daughter, cheer up; your faith has cured you.” And the woman was healed from that hour.
23 When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making an uproar,
24 he said, “Leave, for the girl is not dead, but sleeps.” And they laughed him to scorn.
25 But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl got up.
26 The news of this spread throughout all that land.
27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David.”
28 When he came into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They say unto him, “Absolutely Lord.”
29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be done to you.”
30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying, “Do not tell anyone what happened.”
31 But they went out, and spread what he had done everywhere.
32 As they went forth, suddenly, a man was brought to him who could not talk, possessed with a demon.
33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The crowds marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
34 But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons he casts out demons.”
35 Jesus went about all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all types of disease and all kinds of sickness.
36 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.
37 Then he said he to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few.
38 Pray, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.”
Matthew 10
1 He called his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of diseases and sicknesses.
2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are: 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 tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out, and charged them, saying, “Do no go anywhere among the Gentiles, or enter into any town of the Samaritans.
6 Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 As you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
9 Do not take gold, silver, or brass in your money belt.
10 No traveling bag for your journey, or extra coat, shoes, or staff, for the laborer is worthy of his food.
11 Into whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay with them until you leave.
12 As you enter a house, give it greetings.
13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 Whoever will not receive you, or hear your words, as you go out of that house or town, shake off the dust from your feet.
15 Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that town.
16 Look, I am sending you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of people, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will beat you.
18 You will be brought and before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry how or what you will say, for it will be given you at that time what you will say.
20 For it is not you who speaks, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks through you.
21 Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
22 You will be hated of all men for my name's sake. But whoever endures to the end will be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I say to you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel, until the Son of Man comes.
24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
25 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 worse the members of his household!
26 Do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed, that will not be revealed, and hid, that will not be known.
27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
28 Do not be afraid of 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 penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father.
30 Even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 So do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Every one therefore who confesses me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in heaven.
33 But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
34 Do not think that I have come to send peace on the earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
36 A man's foes will be of his own household.
37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 He who does not take his cross and follow me, is not worthy of me.
39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me.
41 He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. Whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
42 Whoever will give one of these little ones a cup of cold water to drink, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will never lose his reward.”
Matthew 11
1 When Jesus finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on to teach and preach in their towns.
2 Now when John, who was in prison, heard of the works of Christ, he sent his disciples
3 and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”
4 Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see:
5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
6 Blessed is everyone who does not turn away because of me.”
7 While these went their way, Jesus said to the crowds concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
8 But what did you go out to see? a man clothed in expensive clothes? Look, those who wear expensive clothes live in king's houses.
9 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.
10 This is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
11 Truly I say to you, among those who are born of women there has not risen up anyone greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if you are willing to accept it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
15 Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.
16 But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their friends,
17 and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wept, and you did not mourn.’
18 For John came neither eating or drinking, and they said, ‘He has a demon.’
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they said, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her works.”
20 Then he began to denounce the towns where most of his mighty works were done, because they did not repent.
21 Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, 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.
22 But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.
23 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted unto heaven? No, you will go down to Hades! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
24 But I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.”
25 At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and yet have revealed them to children.
26 Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your sight.
27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father, neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son and the one to whom the Son wants to reveal him.
28 Come to me, all you who labor 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 lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Matthew 12
1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck grain and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”
3 But he said to them, “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;
4 how he entered the house of God, and ate the sacred bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are not guilty?
6 But I say to you, that one greater than the temple is here.
7 But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.
8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
9 Jesus then left that place, and entered their synagogue.
10 There was there a man with a withered hand. They asked him, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” that they might accuse him.
11 He said to them, “Would not any one of you if he had one sheep, and it fell into a pit on the Sabbath, not get a hold of it, and pull it out?
12 How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out you hand.” He stretched it out and it was restored whole, as the other.
14 But the Pharisees went out, and plotted against him, how they might destroy him.
15 Jesus perceiving it withdrew from there. Many followed him, and he healed them all.
16 But he ordered them not to tell who he was,
17 that it might be fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
18 “Look, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
19 He will not fight or yell, neither will any one hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed will he not break, and smoking wick he will not extinguish, until he brings justice to victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.”
22 Then one possessed with a demon was brought to him, blind and mute and he healed him, so that he both spoke and saw.
23 All the crowds were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?”
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man casts out demons by Beelzebub, the prince of the demons.”
25 Knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every town or house divided against itself will not stand.
26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
27 If I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
29 How can anyone enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me, and he that does not gather with me scatters.
31 Therefore I say to you, People will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
32 And whoever will speak a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven. But whoever will speak against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.
33 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.
34 You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
36 I say to you, that every idle word that people speak, they will give account of in the day of judgment.
37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
38 Then certain of the exerts in the law and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; but no sign will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment on this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and look, a greater than Jonah is here.
42 The queen of the south will rise up in judgment on this generation, and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look, a greater than Solomon is here.
43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find it.
44 Then he says to himself, ‘I will return to my house I came out of;’ and when he returns, he finds it empty, swept, and straightened up.
45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man is worse than the first. It will be like that for this evil generation.”
46 While he was yet speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
47 Someone said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to talk to you.”
48 But he answered him, “Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?”
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