The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

that thou mayest know the certainty of the things wherein thou wast instructed.

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

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, 'Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?'

And the messenger answering said to her, 'The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled --

And he said, 'A certain man had two sons,

And he said unto all, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,

And he came to Nazareth, where he hath been brought up, and he went in, according to his custom, on the sabbath-day, to the synagogue, and stood up to read;

and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,

And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,

And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, 'Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.'

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint,

And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness,

And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

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

And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

and they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

And Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain others with them,

'But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

'Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.

And he said to him, 'Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'

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

And having taken bread, having given thanks, he brake and gave to them, saying, 'This is my body, that for you is being given, this do ye -- to remembrance of me.'

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,

No -- I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;

'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.

And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,

and he said to them, 'These are the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it behoveth to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.'

And, lo, two of them were going on during that day to a village, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, the name of which is Emmaus,

and Jesus said to him, 'Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the paradise.'

according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the sanctuary of the Lord,

And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, 'Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'

'Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,

and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?

And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you;

And having entered, he was passing through Jericho,

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,

And he answering said, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

And Mary said, 'My soul doth magnify the Lord,

And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye -- abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'

And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;

and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:

And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar -- Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene --

And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: 'Happy the poor -- because yours is the reign of God.

'Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;

'And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land is distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;

And Jesus turned back in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a fame went forth through all the region round about concerning him,

see my hands and my feet, that I am he; handle me and see, because a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me having.'

And the Lord said, 'Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,

and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.

And they began to reason among themselves, who then of them it may be, who is about to do this thing.

And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened,

And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

And it came to pass, in the completing of the days of his being taken up, that he fixed his face to go on to Jerusalem,

And it came to pass, after these words, as it were eight days, that having taken Peter, and John, and James, he went up to the mountain to pray,

And he said also unto his disciples, 'A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;

And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, 'The reign of God doth not come with observation;

and having begun from Moses, and from all the prophets, he was expounding to them in all the Writings the things about himself.

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

And his disciples were questioning him, saying, 'What may this simile be?'

And his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover,

If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

And it came to pass, in his going on to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee,

And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and as they are speaking these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith to them, 'Peace -- to you;'

and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, 'Father, to Thy hands I commit my spirit;' and these things having said, he breathed forth the spirit.

saying, 'Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me -- ;but, not my will, but Thine be done.' --

every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straightness, and the rough become smooth ways;

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

'And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin;

and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

And it came to pass thereafter, that he was going through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming good news of the reign of God, and the twelve are with him,

And the chief of the synagogue answering -- much displeased that on the sabbath Jesus healed -- said to the multitude, 'Six days there are in which it behoveth us to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.'

and he said to them -- 'Thus it hath been written, and thus it was behoving the Christ to suffer, and to rise out of the dead the third day,

And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, 'Good teacher, what having done -- shall I inherit life age-during?'

lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;

'And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,

And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,

And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was breaking,

And he himself had known their reasonings, and said to the man having the withered hand, 'Rise, and stand in the midst;' and he having risen, stood.

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

and Jesus having taken up the word, said, 'A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving him half dead.

And the messenger said to them, 'Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people --

and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

And having said these things, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem.

And he said to them, 'When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;

and lo, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou didst not believe my words, that shall be fulfilled in their season.'

and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, 'Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

for I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Be coming, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.'

And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondering at his tarrying in the sanctuary,

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

but for Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in the judgment than for you.

Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men -- good will.'

and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,

and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.

'Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

and he said to them, 'I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen;

And when the days of their purification were fulfilled, according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present to the Lord,

John answered, saying to all, 'I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!

In like manner, also, the cup after the supping, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, that for you is being poured forth.

And they sailed down to the region of the Gadarenes, that is over-against Galilee,

'And when ye may see Jerusalem surrounded by encampments, then know that come nigh did her desolation;

and having come down with them, he stood upon a level spot, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their sicknesses,

nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.'

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

And when the hour come, he reclined (at meat), and the twelve apostles with him,

'And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man;

And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.

And he said unto them, 'O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake!

There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;'

And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it,

thou, then, if thou mayest bow before me -- all shall be thine.'

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

And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, 'Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;'

And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham -- and the rich man also died, and was buried;

And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.

'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

and she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

Then said he to them, 'But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take it up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

'Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum;

And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name is Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,

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

He who is faithful in the least, is also faithful in much; and he who in the least is unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

'Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

And Mary said unto the messenger, 'How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings,

and he said, 'The things impossible with men are possible with God.'

And it came to pass, as he is praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he questioned them, saying, 'Who do the multitudes say me to be?'

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, 'I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee.

'No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

And he said unto his disciples, 'Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

the law and the prophets are till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, 'Be following me;'

And he said unto the disciples, 'It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come;

'I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

and he said to him, 'Having risen, be going on, thy faith hath saved thee.'

And there happened also a strife among them -- who of them is accounted to be greater.

then said he unto them, 'The harvest indeed is abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

Then said Jesus unto them, 'I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'

the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'

And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he himself went into a boat with his disciples, and he said unto them, 'We may go over to the other side of the lake;' and they set forth,

and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear it behind Jesus.

and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.

and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?'

And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, 'If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.'

And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them,

'He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.'

And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was -- to heal them.

And Jesus answered him, saying, 'It hath been written, that, not on bread only shall man live, but on every saying of God.'

And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, 'Happy is he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;'

'And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

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

And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury -- rich men,

And they said one to another, 'Was not our heart burning within us, as he was speaking to us in the way, and as he was opening up to us the Writings?'

'And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;

And having gone forth, he went on, according to custom, to the mount of the Olives, and his disciples also followed him,

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, 'Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which is evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

'For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

and these things beginning to happen bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption doth draw nigh.'

the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.

And it came to pass, on the second-first sabbath, as he is going through the corn fields, that his disciples were plucking the ears, and were eating, rubbing with the hands,

And he said unto them, 'Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go on unto him at midnight, and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,

And the apostles said to the Lord, 'Add to us faith;'

'So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

And having heard these things Jesus wondered at him, and having turned to the multitude following him, he said, 'I say to you, not even in Israel so much faith did I find;'

but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.'

and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.

Then the Lord answered him and said, 'Hypocrite, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and having led away, doth water it?

to enrol himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.

And he led them forth without -- unto Bethany, and having lifted up his hands he did bless them,

and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, 'I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'

for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

And Mary said, 'Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

and Jesus said unto him, 'No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he went away to his house,

And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,

the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

and Jesus having called them near, said, 'Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

and he said unto them -- 'Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'

And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

and he said to Jesus, 'Remember me, lord, when thou mayest come in thy reign;'

Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, 'Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?

Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.'

'But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.

And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said unto Jesus, 'And who is my neighbour?'

And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

but those my enemies, who did not wish me to reign over them, bring hither and slay before me.'

And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;

'And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.

and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.

And the day of the unleavened food came, in which it was behoving the passover to be sacrificed,

and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'

and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.

And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover,

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, 'If the Son thou art of God, cast thyself down hence,

And he was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem;

And the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,

it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.

And I say to you, Every one -- whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,

'So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

And he was casting forth a demon, and it was dumb, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the dumb man spake, and the multitudes wondered,

and certain women, who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth,

and they beckoned to the partners, who are in the other boat, having come, to help them; and they came, and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking.

'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

And it came to pass, in his being in one of the cities, that lo, a man full of leprosy, and having seen Jesus, having fallen on his face, he besought him, saying, 'Sir, if thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me;'

And he said unto them, 'Why is it that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?'

And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, 'Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.'

and after those days, his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying --

'For whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, of this one shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he may come in his glory, and the Father's, and the holy messengers';

On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, 'Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;'

and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.'

and they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;

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,

And having taken the twelve aside, he said unto them, 'Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be completed -- that have been written through the prophets -- to the Son of Man,

And certain saying about the temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things it hath been adorned, he said,

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbaths,

and he said to them, 'Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, is abomination before God;

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

And he began to say unto them -- 'To-day hath this writing been fulfilled in your ears;'

'Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;

But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons -- your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;

'What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,

And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, 'This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,

And he said unto them, 'Give ye them to eat;' and they said, 'We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;'

And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,

'Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

And in that house remain, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy is the workman of his hire; go not from house to house,

and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

'And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.

And having looked round on them all, he said to the man, 'Stretch forth thy hand;' and he did so, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'

but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.

And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

'And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

And having risen, the whole multitude of them did lead him to Pilate,

And he said also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

And there appeared to him a messenger from heaven strengthening him;

So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'

and those sent, having turned back to the house, found the ailing servant in health.

and certain of them said, 'By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;'

for it hath been written -- To His messengers He will give charge concerning thee, to guard over thee,

and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.

And he said, 'All these I did keep from my youth;'

and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;

And they came nigh to the village whither they were going, and he made an appearance of going on further,

for they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, 'Cause them to recline in companies, in each fifty;'

and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'

and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.

Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

And he saying these things, all who were opposed to him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by him.

and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.

but ye are not so, but he who is greater among you -- let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich.

and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

so is he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

'And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.'

and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, 'Be not weeping;'

'And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,

and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

and first it behoveth him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.

and -- On hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou mayest dash against a stone thy foot.'

and they did so, and made all to recline;

and if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his kingdom be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons.

and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose it? thus ye shall say to him -- The Lord hath need of it.'

for astonishment seized him, and all those with him, at the draught of the fishes that they took,

but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, 'What, then, shall we do?'

'Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

and they constrained him, saying, 'Remain with us, for it is toward evening,' and the day did decline, and he went in to remain with them.

Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

(Simon, whom also he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

And having ended all temptation, the Devil departed from him till a convenient season.

And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, 'Teacher, what shall we do?'

and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?

'And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side;

and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing it stood still, and he said, 'Young man, to thee I say, Arise;'

Judas of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became betrayer;)

If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?

And to those standing by he said, Take from him the pound, and give to him having the ten pounds --

And having turned unto the disciples, he said, by themselves, 'Happy the eyes that are perceiving what ye perceive;

'And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

and having stretched forth his hand, he touched him, having said, 'I will; be thou cleansed;' and immediately the leprosy went away from him.

and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.

for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.'

'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!

and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.

And ye -- ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations,

and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

'Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

And again he said, 'To what shall I liken the reign of God?

saying -- This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'

and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;

And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

saying -- It behoveth the Son of Man to be delivered up to the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and the third day to rise again.'

And they answering said, 'John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;'

'And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,

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

and their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he became unseen by them.

and he was teaching in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, 'How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!

And Jesus answering said to him -- 'It hath been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

And he said unto his disciples, 'Days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not behold it;

and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying -- 'A great prophet hath risen among us,' and -- 'God did look upon His people.'

but when the stronger than he, having come upon him, may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth;

And in that hour he cured many from sicknesses, and plagues, and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.

And having charged them, he commanded them to say this to no one,

so also ye, when ye may see these things happening, ye know that near is the reign of God;

and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.

and having brought the fatted calf, kill it, and having eaten, we may be merry,

for nothing is secret, that shall not become manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known, and become manifest.

and those harassed by unclean spirits, and they were healed,

but the more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities,

then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'

for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one part under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;

Happy those hungering now -- because ye shall be filled. 'Happy those weeping now -- because ye shall laugh.

and he said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I -- I am in your midst as he who is ministering.

and Jesus having turned unto them, said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;

for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

for I say to you, that yet this that hath been written it behoveth to be fulfilled in me: And with lawless ones he was reckoned, for also the things concerning me have an end.'

And he said to him, 'Sir, with thee I am ready both to prison and to death to go;'

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

And he charged him to tell no one, 'But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, for a testimony to them;'

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.'

And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, 'Why me do ye tempt?

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth you to say.'

from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,

and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did,

He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

and it hath been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit -- not to see death before he may see the Christ of the Lord.

And presently having risen before them, having taken up that on which he was lying, he went away to his house, glorifying God,

And he said unto him, 'In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?'

and it was told him, saying, 'Thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, wishing to see thee;'

And all who heard, did wonder concerning the things spoken by the shepherds unto them;

He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

And Jesus answering said unto them, 'Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

'And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;

and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.

and he said unto them, 'Exact no more than that directed you.'

And, therefore, indeed with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people,

the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

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

and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child.

rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward is great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: 'What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

for I say to you, that to every one having shall be given, and from him not having, also what he hath shall be taken from him,

and to give a sacrifice, according to that said in the Law of the Lord, 'A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.'

shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, 'Of Caesar:'

for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon,

And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, 'He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did take, and did eat, and gave also to those with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?'

And having come near to him, the men said, 'John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

'And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

Woe to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. 'Woe to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.

And the account of this went forth in all Judea about him, and in all the region around.

and he said to them, -- 'The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, 'Who is this that doth speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins, except God only?'

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

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

It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.

'Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;

added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.

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

And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves ye know that now is the summer nigh;

remember the wife of Lot.

and the Devil said to him, 'If Son thou art of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.'

And having folded the roll, having given it back to the officer, he sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing on him.

and he said, 'I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow to-day, before thrice thou mayest disown knowing me.'

'And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:

and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

And he said unto them, 'Take nothing for the way, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats each;

And Peter said, 'Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;'

for as a snare it shall come on all those dwelling on the face of all the land,

'And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

and certain of the Pharisees said to them, 'Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?'

and he sent them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the ailing.

And he said to him, 'Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.'

lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, 'Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,

and a certain centurion's servant being ill, was about to die, who was much valued by him,

And he came in the Spirit to the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the law regarding him,

carry no bag, no scrip, nor sandals; and salute no one on the way;

and he having gone forth upon the land, there met him a certain man, out of the city, who had demons for a long time, and with a garment was not clothed, and in a house was not abiding, but in the tombs,

And having taken him, they led and brought him to the house of the chief priest. And Peter was following afar off,

And those who heard, said, 'And who is able to be saved?'

and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, 'What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.

for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.

And lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him,

And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

and he shall say, I say to you, I have not known you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of the unrighteousness.

but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.