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1-411 The preparation of Jesus: his birth--homage and persecution,

baptism by John,
temptation.

introductory, call of first disciples,

a cycle of sayings-the "sermon on the mount." καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε ἐτέλεσεν κτλ (728).

a cycle of incidents-chiefly (ten) miracles: in Kapharnahum and neighbourhood.

412-934 The Galilean ministry:

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935-38

introductory,

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conflict with Pharisees on expulsion of devils:
demand for signs.

a cycle of seven parables. καὶ ἐγένετο κτλ (1353).
murder of John-miracles of Jesus: visit and con-
troversy of scribes and Pharisees.

at Caesarea Philippi-the transfiguration-miracles. a cycle of sayings. καὶ ἐγένετο κτλ (1914).

191-2546 The Judaean ministry: a cycle of sayings at Jericho: the

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triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

purging of temple-controversy with priests, with

Herodians, Sadducees, Pharisees.

a cycle of seven Woes against scribes and Pharisees. the apocalypse of Jesus.

the parables of the virgins and the talents-the last judgment. καὶ ἐγένετο κτλ (2614).

at Bethany: in the upper room-the last

supper.

in the garden-the agony and the be

trayal.

26-27 The passion of Jesus:

in the house of Kaiaphas-the trial, Peter's denial.

before Pilate-the suicide of Judas

Jesus and Bar-Abbas.

the crucifixion, death and burial.

28 After death: appearance of angel, of Jesus, to women:

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1 1 THE birth-roll of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham : 2 Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah 3 and his brothers, and Judah begat Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez 4 begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Aminadab, and 5 Aminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, and Salmon begat 6 Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed by Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon by 7 Uriah's wife, and Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, 8 and Abijah begat Asa, and Asa begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat 9 Joram, and Joram begat Uzziah, and Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham 10 begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekiah, and Hezekiah begat Manasseh, 11 and Manasseh begat Amon, and Amon begat Josiah, and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the transportation to Babylon. And after the transportation to Babylon, Jechoniah begat 13 Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel, and Zerubbabel begat Abiud, 14 and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, and Azor begat 15 Zadok, and Zadok begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud, and Eliud 16 begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary of whom Jesus, who is called "Christ," was born.

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So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the transportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the transportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way. When Mary his mother had been betrothed to Joseph, she was found to be with child by 19 the holy Spirit before they came together. As Joseph her husband was an upright man and yet unwilling to expose her publicly, he meant to 20 divorce her secretly. But after he had planned this, lo, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying,

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"Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary thy wife,

For what is begotten in her is by the holy Spirit:

And she shall bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus,
For he shall save his people from their sins."

22 The whole of this came to pass in order that what was spoken by the
Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled; when he said,
Lo! the maiden shall be with child and bear a son,

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And they shall call his name Immanuel

24 (which when translated means, "God with us"). And on awakening from sleep Joseph did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he 25 took his wife, and did not know her until she had borne a son, and he called his name Jesus.

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Now after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem of Judaea during the days of Herod the king, lo, magicians from the East arrived at Jerusalem, 2 saying, "Where is the newly-born king of the Jews? for we saw his star 3 in the East and we have come to do him reverence." And on hearing it 4 Herod the king was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And he gathered all the high priests and scribes of the people together, and began to make inquiries of them as to where the Christ was to be born. 5 And they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written through the prophet,

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And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah,

Art by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
For out of thee shall come a ruler,

One who shall shepherd my people Israel."

7 Then Herod secretly called the magicians and ascertained from them 8 the time of the star's appearing. And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make accurate inquiries about the child; and after you have found him, bring me word, that I also may go and do him 9 reverence." Now when they heard the king they went on their way. And lo, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, until it 10 came and stood still over the place where the child was. And on seeing 11 the star, they rejoiced with very great joy. And on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and did him reverence, and opened their caskets and offered him gifts of gold and 12 frankincense and myrrh. And on being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they retired to their own country by another road. Now after they had retired, lo, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, "Rise up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt; and stay there till I tell thee. For Herod is about to 14 seek the child, to destroy him." And he rose up, took the child and his 15 mother by night and retired to Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod; that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be 16 fulfilled, when he said, Out of Egypt I called my son. Then Herod

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saw that the magicians had trifled with him; and he was mightily enraged, and sent out and slew all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighbourhood, from two years of age and under, according to the time 17 which he had ascertained from the magicians. Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, when he said,

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A voice was heard in Ramah,

Weeping and great mourning--
Rachel weeping for her children;

And she refused to be consoled, for they live no more.

19 But when Herod died, lo, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to 20 Joseph in Egypt, saying, "Rise up, take the child and his mother and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead." 21 And he rose up, took the child and his mother and entered the land of 22 Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judaea in succession to his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and on being divinely instructed in a dream, he retired into the districts of Galilee. 23 So he came and dwelt in a city called Nazaret; that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

31 Now in those days John the baptizer arrives, preaching in the wilder2, 3 ness of Judaea, "Repent, for the reign of heaven is near." (For this is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah in the words:

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The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
"Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make level his paths!")

4 Now he, John, had his clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather
girdle round his loins, and his food consisted of locusts and wild honey.
5 Then Jerusalem and all Judaea and all the country surrounding the
6 Jordan began to go out to him; and they were baptized by him in
7 the river Jordan, as they confessed their sins. But when he saw
many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to
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"You offspring of vipers, who has directed you to flee from the wrath to come?

Bear fruit, then, befitting your repentance :

And presume not to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,'

For I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these

stones!

Even already is the axe laid at the root of the trees:

So shall each tree be hewn and thrown into the fire, unless it bear sound fruit.

With water I baptize you for repentance;

But he who comes after me is mightier than I,
Whose sandals I am not fit to carry:

He shall baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire

Whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will cleanse out his threshing-floor,

He will gather his corn into the granary,

But the straw he will burn up with fire unquenchable."

13 Then Jesus arrives from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to get baptized 14 by him. But John tried to prevent him, saying, "I need to get baptized 15 by thee, yet thou comest to me!" But Jesus answered and said, "Let it

be so, for the present; thus it behoves us to do whatsoever is right." 16 Then he gave in to him. And when Jesus had been baptized, he immediately rose up from the water; and lo, the skies opened, and he saw 17 God's Spirit descend as it were a dove and come upon him; and lo, a voice spoke out of the skies,

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"This is my Son, the beloved,

In whom I delight."

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be 2 tempted by the devil. And after fasting for forty days and forty nights 3 he at last hungered. And the tempter came and said to him, "If thou 4 art God's Son, give orders that these stones become bread." But in answer he said, "It is written:

Not on bread alone is man to live,

But on every word that issues from the mouth of God."

5 Then the devil takes him to the holy city; and setting him on the 6 pinnacle of the temple, he says to him, "If thou art God's Son, throw thyself down; for it is written,

He shall charge his angels concerning thee:

Yea on their hands they shall bear thee,

Lest ever thou strike thy foot against a stone.”

7 Jesus said to him, "Again it is written: Thou shalt not make trial of the 8 Lord thy God." Once more, the devil takes him to a very high mountain, 9 and shows him all the realms of the world and their grandeur; and he

said to him, "All these I will give thee, if thou wilt fall down and do 10 me reverence." Then Jesus says to him, "Satan, begone! for it is written Thou shalt do reverence to the Lord thy God, and him only shalt 11 thou worship." Then the devil leaves him; and lo, angels came and ministered to him.

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Now when he heard that John had been delivered up, he retired to 13 Galilee. And on leaving Nazaret he came and dwelt in Kapharnahum which lies beside the sea in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali; 14 that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, when he said,

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The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,

Towards the sea, across the Jordan,

Galilee of the Gentiles:

The people who sat in darkness

Saw a great light;

And to those who sat in the region and the shadow of death,

To them light rose.

From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the reign of heaven is near.'

Now as he walked beside the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a fishing19 net into the sea; for they were fishers. And he says to them, "Come 20 after me and I will make you fishers of men." So they immediately left 21 the nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, with his brother John, in the boat 22 with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. So they immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him. 23 Then he made a tour through the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the glad tidings of the Reign, and healing all 24 manner of disease and all manner of infirmity among the people. And the report of him went out into the whole of Syria. And they brought him all who were ill, possessed with various diseases and tormenting pains, or possessed by daemons, or epileptic and paralytic; and he healed them. 25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and Dekapolis and Jeru51 salem and Judaea and from across the Jordan. Now on seeing

the crowds he went up the mountain; and when he sat down, his 2 disciples approached him. Then opening his mouth he taught them,

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For they shall inherit the earth.

Happy they who hunger and thirst for uprightness!

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Happy the poor in spirit!

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Happy the mourners !

For they shall be comforted.

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Happy the gentle!

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Happy the merciful!

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For they shall be satisfied.

For they shall obtain mercy.

For they shall be called sons of God.

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