There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, thou favoured one! the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women.

But she, seeing the angel, was troubled at his word, and reasoned in her mind what this salutation might be.

And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of the Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God.

And behold, Elizabeth, thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her that was called barren:

And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

And blessed is she that has believed, for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from the Lord.

And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her house.

And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.

And they said to her, There is no one among thy kinsfolk who is called by this name.

And it came to pass, while they were there, the days of her giving birth to her child were fulfilled,

and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

But Mary kept all these things in her mind, pondering them in her heart.

And there was a prophetess, Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was far advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was in subjection to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.

And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.

And rising up out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. But Simon's mother-in-law was suffering under a bad fever; and they asked him for her.

And standing over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and forthwith standing up she served them.

And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city was with her.

And the Lord, seeing her, was moved with compassion for her, and said to her, Weep not;

and wisdom has been justified of all her children.

and standing at his feet behind him weeping, began to wash his feet with tears; and she wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the myrrh.

And turning to the woman he said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; thou gavest me not water on my feet, but she has washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair.

For which cause I say to thee, Her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loves little.

And he said to her, Thy sins are forgiven.

And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into those; and he suffered them.

And the demons, going out from the man, entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the precipice into the lake, and were choked.

And a woman who had a flux of blood since twelve years, who, having spent all her living on physicians, could not be cured by any one,

coming up behind, touched the hem of his garment, and immediately her flux of blood stopped.

And he said to her, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith has healed thee; go in peace.

And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Do not weep, for she has not died, but sleeps.

But he, having turned them all out and taking hold of her hand, cried saying, Child, arise.

And her spirit returned, and immediately she rose up; and he commanded something to eat to be given to her.

And her parents were amazed; but he enjoined them to tell no one what had happened.

But the day began to decline, and the twelve came and said to him, Send away the crowd that they may go into the villages around, and into the fields, and lodge and find victuals, for here we are in a desert place.

But I say unto you of a truth, There are some of those standing here who shall not taste death until they shall have seen the kingdom of God.

And it came to pass as they departed from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.

And it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village; and a certain woman, Martha by name, received him into her house.

Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things;

but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her.

And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.

father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

And lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent together and wholly unable to lift her head up.

And Jesus, seeing her, called to her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

And he laid his hands upon her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.

And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.

And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.

But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.

nor shall they say, Lo here, or, Lo there; for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.

And they will say to you, Lo here, or Lo there; go not, nor follow them.

at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.

Moreover those mine enemies, who would not have me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.

saying, Go into the village over against you, in which ye will find, on entering it, a colt tied up, on which no child of man ever sat at any time: loose it and lead it here.

and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven left no children and died;

In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?

for all these out of their abundance have cast into the gifts of God; but she out of her need has cast in all the living which she had.

And they said, Lord, behold here are two swords. And he said to them, It is enough.

And a certain maid, having seen him sitting by the light, and having fixed her eyes upon him, said, And this man was with him.

But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here.

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke to you, being yet in Galilee,

But while they yet did not believe for joy, and were wondering, he said to them, Have ye anything here to eat?