assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ is born. 2:5And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet; 2:6And you Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the governors of Judah, for out of you shall come a governor who shall rule my people Israel.
2 2:7Then Herod, calling the Magi secretly, asked them the precise time when the star appeared; 2:8and sending them to Bethlehem, said, Go and inquire diligently for the young child, and when you have found him, tell me, that I also may come and worship him. 2:9And hearing the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they saw in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. 2:10And seeing the star they rejoiced with great joy; 2:11and coming into the house they saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they presented him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 2:12And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their country another way.
3 2:13And when they had departed, behold, 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 remain there till I tell you; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy it. 2:14And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and fled into Egypt, 2:15and was there till the death of Herod; that the word might be fulfilled, which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying; Out of Egypt have I called my son.
4 2:16Then Herod seeing that he was despised by the Magi, was exceedingly angry, and sent and destroyed all the children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the precise time which he had learned of the Magi. 2:17Thus was fulfilled the word spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying; 2:18A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted because they were not.
5 2:19And when Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, in Egypt, saying, 2:20Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead that sought the young child's life. 2:21And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel. 2:22But hearing that Archelaus reigned over Judea in the place of Herod his father, he was afraid to go there; but being divinely instructed in a dream, he departed into the parts of Galilee, 2:23and went and lived in a city called Nazareth, that the word spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, He shall be called a Nazoraean.
CHAPTER III.
CHRIST'S BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION.
1 3:1AND in those days came John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, 3:2Change your minds, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand. 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 3:4And this John had his clothes of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 3:5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region about the Jordan, 3:6and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
2 3:7And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come for the baptism, he said to them; Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8Bear fruit, therefore, worthy of a change of mind; 3:9and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham; 3:10and already the axe lies at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which bears not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 3:11I indeed baptize you with water to a change of mind; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and fire; 3:12whose winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable fire.
3 3:13Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 3:14But, he refused him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me? 3:15But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now; for thus, it becomes us to complete all righteousness. Then he suffered him; 3:16and Jesus being baptized went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove and come upon him. 3:17And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
4 4:1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. 4:2And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungry. 4:3And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread. 4:4And he answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God. 4:5Then the devil took him into the holy city, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, 4:6and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. 4:7Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God. 4:8Again the devil took him away on a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory, 4:9and said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. 4:10Then Jesus said to him, Get behind me Satan; for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. 4:11Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and waited on him.
CHAPTER IV.
CHRIST COMMENCING HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY.
1 4:12AND when he heard that John was delivered up, he departed to Galilee; 4:13and leaving Nazareth he came and lived at Capernaum on the lake, in the bounds of Zebulon and Naphtali, 4:14that the word might be fulfilled, spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying; 4:15Land of Zebulon and Naphtali, by the way of the lake, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations, 4:16the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and upon those who sat in the region and shade of death has light arisen. 4:17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Change your minds; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
2 4:18And walking by the lake of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 4:19And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishermen of men. 4:20And they left their nets, immediately, and followed him. 4:21And going forward thence, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 4:22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
