23214	MAT 1:1	The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
23215	MAT 1:2	Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac was the father of Jacob, Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers,
23216	MAT 1:3	Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron was the father of Ram,
23217	MAT 1:4	Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,
23218	MAT 1:5	Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed was the father of Jesse,
23219	MAT 1:6	and Jesse was the father of David the king. David the king was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,
23220	MAT 1:7	Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam was the father of Abijah, Abijah was the father of Asa,
23221	MAT 1:8	Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram, Joram was the father of Uzziah,
23222	MAT 1:9	Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham was the father of Ahaz, Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah,
23223	MAT 1:10	Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh was the father of Amon, Amon was the father of Josiah,
23224	MAT 1:11	and Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the Babylonian resettlement.
23225	MAT 1:12	After the Babylonian resettlement, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel,
23226	MAT 1:13	Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud, Abiud was the father of Eliakim, Eliakim was the father of Azor,
23227	MAT 1:14	Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Achim, Achim was the father of Eliud,
23228	MAT 1:15	Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar was the father of Matthan, Matthan was the father of Jacob,
23229	MAT 1:16	and Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
23230	MAT 1:17	So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the Babylonian resettlement fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian resettlement to the Christ fourteen generations.
23231	MAT 1:18	Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
23232	MAT 1:19	Her husband Joseph, being righteous and not willing to shame her publicly, intended to send her away privately.
23233	MAT 1:20	But as he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, Son of David, do not be afraid to receive Mary as yoʋr wife, for the child that is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
23234	MAT 1:21	She will give birth to a son, and yoʋ shall name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
23235	MAT 1:22	All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:
23236	MAT 1:23	“Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
23237	MAT 1:24	When Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him. He took his wife,
23238	MAT 1:25	but knew her not until she had given birth to her firstborn son. And he named him Jesus.
23239	MAT 2:1	After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
23240	MAT 2:2	saying, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.”
23241	MAT 2:3	When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
23242	MAT 2:4	So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, and inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
23243	MAT 2:5	They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet,
23244	MAT 2:6	‘But yoʋ Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from yoʋ will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”
23245	MAT 2:7	Then Herod secretly called the wise men and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.
23246	MAT 2:8	He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word so that I too may come and worship him.”
23247	MAT 2:9	They listened to the king and went on their way, and behold, the star that they had seen in the east went before them until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.
23248	MAT 2:10	When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
23249	MAT 2:11	As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they fell down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
23250	MAT 2:12	And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their own country by another way.
23251	MAT 2:13	After they were gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell yoʋ, for Herod is about to seek the child, to destroy him.”
23252	MAT 2:14	So Joseph rose, took the child and his mother by night, and departed for Egypt,
23253	MAT 2:15	where he stayed until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
23254	MAT 2:16	When Herod saw that he had been fooled by the wise men, he was greatly enraged and sent men to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
23255	MAT 2:17	Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:
23256	MAT 2:18	“A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing, weeping, and great lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted, because they are no more.”
23257	MAT 2:19	After Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
23258	MAT 2:20	saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the life of the child are dead.”
23259	MAT 2:21	So Joseph rose, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel.
23260	MAT 2:22	But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee
23261	MAT 2:23	and came and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
23262	MAT 3:1	In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
23263	MAT 3:2	“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.”
23264	MAT 3:3	This is the one who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, who said, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’ ”
23265	MAT 3:4	Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
23266	MAT 3:5	Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and so were all Judea and all the region around the Jordan.
23267	MAT 3:6	They were being baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
23268	MAT 3:7	But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
23269	MAT 3:8	Produce fruit consistent with repentance.
23270	MAT 3:9	And do not think that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
23271	MAT 3:10	Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
23272	MAT 3:11	“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
23273	MAT 3:12	His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean out his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”
23274	MAT 3:13	Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
23275	MAT 3:14	But John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by yoʋ, and do yoʋ come to me?”
23276	MAT 3:15	But Jesus answered him, “Permit it for now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted him.
23277	MAT 3:16	After being baptized, Jesus immediately went up from the water. And behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.
23278	MAT 3:17	And behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
23279	MAT 4:1	Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.
23280	MAT 4:2	After fasting for forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
23281	MAT 4:3	Then the tempter came up to him and said, “If yoʋ are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.”
23282	MAT 4:4	But Jesus answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
23283	MAT 4:5	Then the devil took him to the holy city, set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
23284	MAT 4:6	and said to him, “If yoʋ are the Son of God, throw yoʋrself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning yoʋ,’ and, ‘In their hands they will lift yoʋ up, so that yoʋ do not strike yoʋr foot against a stone.’ ”
23285	MAT 4:7	Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Yoʋ shall not put the Lord yoʋr God to the test.’ ”
23286	MAT 4:8	Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
23287	MAT 4:9	And he said to him, “All these things I will give yoʋ, if yoʋ will fall down and worship me.”
23288	MAT 4:10	Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘Yoʋ shall worship the Lord yoʋr God, and him only shall yoʋ serve.’ ”
23289	MAT 4:11	Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
23290	MAT 4:12	Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.
23291	MAT 4:13	And leaving Nazareth, he went and dwelt at Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
23292	MAT 4:14	so that what had been spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled:
23293	MAT 4:15	“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
23294	MAT 4:16	the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and on those sitting in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.”
23295	MAT 4:17	From that time Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.”
23296	MAT 4:18	As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
23297	MAT 4:19	Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
23298	MAT 4:20	So they immediately left their nets and followed him.
23299	MAT 4:21	Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.
23300	MAT 4:22	So they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
23301	MAT 4:23	Then Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
23302	MAT 4:24	So the news about him went out into all of Syria, and the people brought him all who were sick with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics. And he healed them.
23303	MAT 4:25	And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
23304	MAT 5:1	When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain. And when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
23305	MAT 5:2	Then he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
23306	MAT 5:3	“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
23307	MAT 5:4	Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
23308	MAT 5:5	Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
23309	MAT 5:6	Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
23310	MAT 5:7	Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
23311	MAT 5:8	Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
23312	MAT 5:9	Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
23313	MAT 5:10	Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.