and he shall be a joy and transport to thee, yea, many shall rejoice on account of his birth; for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord,

Now his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover:

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis,

and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord."

a prophet? yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

but He replied, Yea rather happy are they, that hear the word of God and keep it.

But I will shew you whom ye should fear,---Fear Him, who after He hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, fear Him.

And he said to him, Sir, let it alone this year also, till I dig about it, and lay dung to it:

Yea they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

so he turned and said to them, If any man come to me, and does not comparatively hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple.