kingdoms of the world, and their glory; ⁹and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall prostrate and worship me. ¹⁰Then saith Jesus unto him, Avaunt Satan! for it is written⁹, “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and to him only thou pay divine adoration.” ¹¹Then the devil leaveth him, and lo! angels came and ministered unto him.

¹²But when Jesus heard that John was cast into prison, he retired into Galilee; ¹³and leaving Nazareth, he came and resided at Capernaum, a maritime city, on the confines of Zebulun and Nephthali: ¹⁴that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, saying¹⁰, ¹⁵“The land of Zabulun, and the land of Naphthali, the road to the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; ¹⁶the people who sat in darkness saw a great light; and on those who sat in the region and shadow of death, even on them hath the light arisen.”

¹⁷From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is approaching.

¹⁸And 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. ¹⁹And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰Then immediately quitting their nets they followed him.

²¹And going on from thence, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. ²²Then they instantly quitting the ship and their father, followed him.

²³And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every malady among the people. ²⁴And there went out a report of him into all Syria: and they brought unto him all who had illness, the afflicted with various diseases and painful complaints, and the demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them. ²⁵And great multitudes followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond Jordan.

CHAP. V.

THEN seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and seating himself, his disciples came to him: ²and opening his mouth, he taught them, saying,

³Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their’s is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. ⁵Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. ⁶Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be fed to the full. ⁷Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. ⁸Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. ⁹Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. ¹⁰Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake: for their’s is the kingdom in heaven. ¹¹Blessed are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and lying, speak every thing evil against you for my sake. ¹²Rejoice and exult; for plenteous is your reward in the heavens: for just so they persecuted the prophets who went before you.

¹³Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt become insipid, with what can it be salted? it is of no farther use for any purpose, but to be