and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

`Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

`Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward [is] great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who [is] in the heavens.

`Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands -- the least -- and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach [them], he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who [is] in the heavens is perfect.

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who [is] in the heavens;

thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who [art] in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name.

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who [is] in the heavens;

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who [is] in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens,

`And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh;

`Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;

and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

`And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force,

At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'