and they said to them as Jesus commanded, and they suffered them.

And those going before and those following were crying out, saying, 'Hosanna! blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord;

blessed is the coming reign, in the name of the Lord, of our father David; Hosanna in the highest.'

and Peter having remembered saith to him, 'Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that thou didst curse is dried up.'

'And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

and, if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your trespasses.'

And they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as he is walking, there come unto him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

and those husbandmen said among themselves -- This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;

from the Lord was this, and it is wonderful in our eyes.'

and they having come, say to him, 'Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men, but in truth the way of God dost teach; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? may we give, or may we not give?'

and they brought, and he saith to them, 'Whose is this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, 'Caesar's;'

And the Sadducees come unto him, who say there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,

'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if any one's brother may die, and may leave a wife, and may leave no children, that his brother may take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

in the rising again, then, whenever they may rise, of which of them shall she be wife -- for the seven had her as wife?'

for when they may rise out of the dead, they neither marry nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers who are in the heavens.

he is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; ye then go greatly astray.'

And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, 'Which is the first command of all?'

and Jesus answered him -- 'The first of all the commands is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength -- this is the first command;

and the second is like it, this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; -- greater than these there is no other command.'

And the scribe said to him, 'Well, Teacher, in truth thou hast spoken that there is one God, and there is none other but He;

and to love Him out of all the heart, and out of all the understanding, and out of all the soul, and out of all the strength, and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.'

And Jesus answering said, teaching in the temple, 'How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David?

therefore David himself saith of him Lord, and whence is he his son?' And the great multitude were hearing him gladly,

And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, 'Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!'

And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself,

Tell us when these things shall be? and what is the sign when all these may be about to be fulfilled?'

and when ye may hear of wars and reports of wars, be not troubled, for these behove to be, but the end is not yet;

'And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

'And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;

and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.

for those days shall be tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God created, till now, and may not be;

And then, if any may say to you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Lo, there, ye may not believe;

'And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: when the branch may already become tender, and may put forth the leaves, ye know that nigh is the summer;

so ye, also, when these ye may see coming to pass, ye know that it is nigh, at the doors.

Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch;

and wherever he may go in, say ye to the master of the house -- The Teacher saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where the passover, with my disciples, I may eat?

and he will shew you a large upper room, furnished, prepared -- there make ready for us.'

And his disciples went forth, and came to the city, and found as he said to them, and they made ready the passover.

and as they are reclining, and eating, Jesus said, 'Verily I say to you -- one of you, who is eating with me -- shall deliver me up.'

And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him, one by one, 'Is it I?' and another, 'Is it I?'

And he answering said to them, 'One of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish;

the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up; good were it to him if that man had not been born.'

And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, brake, and gave to them, and said, 'Take, eat; this is my body.'

and he said to them, 'This is my blood of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out;

And he spake the more vehemently, 'If it may be necessary for me to die with thee -- I will in no wise deny thee;' and in like manner also said they all.

And they come to a spot, the name of which is Gethsemane, and he saith to his disciples, 'Sit ye here till I may pray;'

and he saith to them, 'Exceeding sorrowful is my soul -- to death; remain here, and watch.'

Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, 'Sleep on henceforth, and rest -- it is over; the hour did come; lo, the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful;

rise, we may go, lo, he who is delivering me up hath come nigh.'

And immediately -- while he is yet speaking -- cometh near Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;

and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them, saying, 'Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him, and lead him away safely,'

And Jesus answering said to them, 'As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!

And the maid having seen him again, began to say to those standing near -- 'This is of them;'

and he was again denying. And after a little again, those standing near said to Peter, 'Truly thou art of them, for thou also art a Galilean, and thy speech is alike;'

And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,

And the soldiers led him away into the hall, which is Praetorium, and call together the whole band,

and they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, 'Place of a skull;'

and the Writing was fulfilled that is saying, 'And with lawless ones he was numbered.'

And in like manner also the chief priests, mocking with one another, with the scribes, said, 'Others he saved; himself he is not able to save.

and at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, saying, 'Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabachthani?' which is, being interpreted, 'My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?'

and one having run, and having filled a spunge with vinegar, having put it also on a reed, was giving him to drink, saying, 'Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come to take him down.'

And now evening having come, seeing it was the preparation, that is, the fore-sabbath,

and Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of Joses, were beholding where he is laid.

and they said among themselves, 'Who shall roll away for us the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?'

And he saith to them, 'Be not amazed, ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified: he did rise -- he is not here; lo, the place where they laid him!

and go, say to his disciples, and Peter, that he doth go before you to Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.'

and they, having heard that he is alive, and was seen by her, did not believe.

And after these things, to two of them, as they are going into a field, walking, he was manifested in another form,

Afterwards, as they are reclining (at meat), he was manifested to the eleven, and did reproach their unbelief and stiffness of heart, because they believed not those having seen him being raised;

Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us,

as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --

And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God,

And Zacharias said unto the messenger, 'Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which is Nazareth,

to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name is Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin is Mary.

And the messenger having come in unto her, said, 'Hail, favoured one, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women;'

and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

and spake out with a loud voice, and said, 'Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb;

and whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me?

and happy is she who did believe, for there shall be a completion to the things spoken to her from the Lord.'

For He who is mighty did to me great things, And holy is His name,

And His kindness is to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,

As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed -- to the age.'

And they said unto her -- 'There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,'

and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, 'John is his name;' and they did all wonder;

Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people,

And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,

As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;

Salvation from our enemies, And out of the hand of all hating us,

To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,

Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David,

and this is to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'

And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, 'We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.'

and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord, -- 'Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,'