Since many have attempted to compile an account concerning the events that have been fulfilled among us,

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John.

And [when they] saw [it], they made known the statement that had been told to them about this child.

And all who heard [it] were astonished concerning what had been said to them by the shepherds.

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit [that he would] not see death before he would see the Lord's Christ.

And [when they] saw him, they were astounded and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you done this to us? Look, your father and I have been searching for you anxiously!"

But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done,

And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this domain and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to whomever I want.

And he came to Nazareth, where {he had been brought up}, and according to {his custom} he entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and stood up to read.

And he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

And immediately he stood up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, [and] went away to his home, glorifying God.

he is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And [when] a flood came, the river burst against that house and was not able to shake it, because it had been built well.

And [when they] returned to the house, those who had been sent found the slave healthy.

(And all the people, [when they] heard [this]--even the tax collectors--affirmed the righteousness of God, [because they] had been baptized [with] the baptism of John,

but the Pharisees and the legal experts rejected the purpose of God for themselves, [because they] had not been baptized by him.)

{For this reason} I tell you, her sins--[which were] many--have been forgiven, for she loved much. But [the one] to whom little is forgiven loves little."

and some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (who was called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

And he said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest [they are] in parables, so that 'Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

And those who had seen [it] reported to them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

And all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, because they had been seized with great fear. So he got into the boat [and] returned.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John has been raised from the dead,

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!

All [things] have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father and who the Father is except the Son, and [anyone] to whom the Son wants to reveal [him]."

And that one will answer from inside [and] say, 'Do not cause me trouble! The door has already been shut and my children are with me in bed! I am not able to get up to give you [anything].'

And he was expelling a mute demon. Now it happened that [when] the demon came out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were astonished.

so that the blood of all the prophets that has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

But the one who did not know and did [things] deserving blows {will be given a light beating}. And from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be demanded, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will ask him [for] even more.

"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!

Behold, your house has been left to you! And I tell you, you will never see me until [the time] will come when you say, 'Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

Now he told a parable to those who had been invited [when he] noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them,

"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline at the table in the place of honor, lest [someone] more distinguished than you has been invited by him,

And he sent his slave at the hour of the banquet to say to those who have been invited, 'Come, because now it is ready!'

And the slave said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.'

If then you have not been faithful with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true [riches]?

And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you your own?

"The law and the prophets [were] until John; from that time [on] the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently pressed into it.

And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.'

And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small thing, {have authority} over ten cities.'

For the Son of Man is going according to what has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!"

And [when] Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him.

And both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on [that] same day, {for they had previously been enemies of one another}.

But neither [did] Herod, because he sent him back to us. And behold, nothing deserving death {has been done} by him.

(who had been thrown in prison because of a certain insurrection that had taken place in the city, and [for] murder)

And he released the one who had been thrown into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they were asking for, but Jesus he handed over to their will.

And he took [it] down [and] wrapped it in a linen cloth and placed him in a tomb cut into the rock where no one had ever been placed.

And the women who had been accompanying him from Galilee followed [and] saw the tomb and how his body was placed.

And they found the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,

He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he spoke to you [while he] was still in Galilee,

saying, "The Lord has really been raised, and has appeared to Simon!"