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

So that you might have certain knowledge of those things about which you were given teaching.

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

And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.

And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.

And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you have God's approval.

And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.

And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

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

His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,

And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;

And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.

To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.

And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.

And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.

And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the things which had been said to them about the child.

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

And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

(And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the secret thoughts of men may come to light.

And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,

And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?

And all flesh will see the salvation of God.

So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.

And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;

But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,

And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need.

And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.

And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.

And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country.

Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death.

And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with a burning heat; and in answer to their prayers for her

And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.

And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

And they made signs to their friends in the other boat to come to their help. And they came, and the two boats were so full that they were going down.

But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.

For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;

And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

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.

And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.

Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for your sins; or to say, Get up and go?

But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.

And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.

I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.

And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.

And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

And looking round on all of them, he said to him, Put out your hand. And he did so: and his hand was made well.

And he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;

Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.

Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you,

Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel 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.

And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

For I, myself, am a man under authority, having men under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

And when those who were sent came back to the house they saw that the servant was well.

And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said to her, Be not sad.

And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

But what did you go out to see? a man in soft clothing? See now, those who have beautiful clothing and delicate food are in kings' houses.

But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,

And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.

Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on.

And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.

And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.

No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you.

But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him.