As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.

And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.

As he gave his word to our fathers.

(As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)

Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

(As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),

And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.

Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;

And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.

And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.

And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;

And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let the priest see you and give an offering so that you may be made clean, as the law of Moses says, and for a witness to them.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.

Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

And see, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he gives a cry, twisted in pain and streaming at the lips, and when it goes away from him at last, he is marked as from blows.

Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.

And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?

May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.

If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.

But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

And one of the teachers of the law, answering, said to him, Master, in saying this, you give a bad name to us as to them.

And he said, A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for while other men are crushed under the weight of the rules you make for them, you yourselves do not put so much as one finger to them.

Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!

And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?

And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.

Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.

And those whom he sent went away, and it was as he said.

And when they were getting the young ass, the owners of it said to them, Why are you taking the young ass?

And they took him to Jesus, and they put their clothing on the ass, and Jesus got on to him.

As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down.

And they will be put to death with the sword, and will be taken as prisoners into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be crushed under the feet of the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles are complete.

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

And they went, and it was as he had said: and they made the Passover ready.

For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me,

Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

And he came out, and went, as his way was, to the Mountain of Olives, and the disciples went with him.

And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks?

And some of those who were with us went to the place, and saw that it was as the women had said, but him they did not see.

And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.