Matthew 5(ESV) The Sermon on the Mount Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. The Beatitudes 2And 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 shall be comforted. 5"Blessed are the meek, for they sh...

Matthew 4(ESV) The Temptation of Jesus Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." 4But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread al...

Matthew 3(ESV) John the Baptist Prepares the Way In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,2"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."[a] 3For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness:'Prepare[b] the way of the Lord;make his paths straight.'" 4Now John wore a ga...

Matthew 2(ESV) The Visit of the Wise Men Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men[a] from the east came to Jerusalem, 2saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose[b] and have come to worship him." 3When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with h...

Matthew 1(ESV) The Genealogy of Jesus Christ 1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,[a] 4and Ram the f...

Psalm 1(ESV) The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked 1Blessed is the man[a]who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,nor stands in the way of sinners,nor sits in the seat of scoffers;2but his delight is in the law[b] of the Lord,and on his law he meditates day and night. 3He is like a treeplanted by streams of waterthat yields its fruit in its season,and its le...

Revelation 22(ESV) The River of Life Then the angel[a] showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life[b] with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing...

Revelation 21(ESV) The New Heaven and the New Earth Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling p...

Revelation 20(ESV) The Thousand Years Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit[a] and a great chain. 2And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the natio...

Revelation 19(ESV) Rejoicing in Heaven After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, "Hallelujah!Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,2for his judgments are true and just;for he has judged the great prostitutewho corrupted the earth with her immorality,and has avenged on her the blood of his servants." ...